Parents jailed for life for ‘honor killing’ of daughter:
LONDON—A Pakistani-born couple were jailed for life by a British court Friday for murdering their "westernized" teenage daughter in an apparent honor killing.
Iftikhar Ahmed, 52, and his wife Farzana, 49, were told at Chester Crown Court in Cheshire, north-west England, that they would serve a minimum of 25 years each after suffocating their 17-year-old daughter Shafilea in 2003.
In a high-profile case, Shafilea's sister Alesha had told the jury that her mother had said, "Just finish it here," as they forced a plastic bag into Shafilea's mouth in front of their other children.
Prosecutors said the Ahmeds, who lived in the town of Warrington, near ...
Keep on reading: Parents jailed for life for ‘honor killing’ of daughter
Iftikhar Ahmed, 52, and his wife Farzana, 49, were told at Chester Crown Court in Cheshire, north-west England, that they would serve a minimum of 25 years each after suffocating their 17-year-old daughter Shafilea in 2003.
In a high-profile case, Shafilea's sister Alesha had told the jury that her mother had said, "Just finish it here," as they forced a plastic bag into Shafilea's mouth in front of their other children.
Prosecutors said the Ahmeds, who lived in the town of Warrington, near ...
Keep on reading: Parents jailed for life for ‘honor killing’ of daughter
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