Charged with beheading wife, NY man to claim abuse

FILE – This undated file photo provided by Bridges TV shows Muzzammil Hassan and his wife Aasiya Zubair Hassan of Orchard Park, N.Y., at the the Muslim-oriented television the couple ran. Jury selection in the second-degree murder trial of Muzzammil Hassan, accused of beheading Aasiya Zubair Hassan in 2009 after she filed for a divorce, is set to begin Monday, Jan. 10, 2011 in Erie County Court in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bridges TV, File) NO SALES (Ho – AP)

FILE – In this March 13, 2009 file photo, Muzzammil Hassan, accused of beheading his estranged wife after she filed for a divorce, appears at his arraignment in Erie County Court in Buffalo, N.Y. Jury selection for Hassan’s second-degree murder trial is set to start Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. When the trial begins, the question for jurors may be less about whether Hassan killed Aasiya Zubair Hassan, 37, than about why. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File) (David Duprey – AP)