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Farzana Ahmed's murder appeal rejected (From Warrington Guardian)
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Mum of Shafilea Ahmed denied chance to appeal murder conviction
1:20pm Friday 25th January 2013 in News Exclusive By Matthew Hobbs
Farzana Ahmed
THE mother of Shafilea Ahmed has been denied the chance to appeal against the conviction for murdering her daughter, the Warrington Guardian can exclusively reveal.
Farzana Ahmed, aged 49, had her application rejected at the Court of Appeal after a top judge refused her attempts to overturn the 25 year prison sentence imposed for killing the 17-year-old.
A spokesman for the Judiciary said Mrs Ahmed has until Thursday to appeal that decision.
If she decides to do so, her case will be considered again, this time by three judges.
They have the power to accept her application to appeal.
If they grant her permission, a full appeal hearing would take place at the Court of Appeal at a later date.
However, if they say no, and decide she has no grounds to reverse the murder conviction, her appeal will be over.
Mrs Ahmed, along with husband Iftikhar, aged 52, was found guilty of murder by a jury of 12 in a unanimous decision after an 11 week trial at Chester Crown Court in August last year.
Iftikhar has not applied to appeal the murder conviction, the spokesman added.
Comments(15)
LJ
says...
7:43pm Fri 25 Jan 13
believeinkarma wrote:hear hear
these two monsters are evil and vile... deserve the death penalty .. poor girl rest in peace shafilea
widnesman
says...
7:50pm Fri 25 Jan 13
"THE TRUTH WILL OUT"
Eventually!!
YouCan'tHandleTheTruth
says...
11:15pm Fri 25 Jan 13
widnesman wrote:What do you mean?
I still maintain
"THE TRUTH WILL OUT"
Eventually!!
widnesman
says...
12:03am Sat 26 Jan 13
YouCan'tHandleTheTru"Truth will out"
th wrote:
widnesman wrote:What do you mean?
I still maintain
"THE TRUTH WILL OUT"
Eventually!!
Meaning
The truth will become known eventually.
Origin
From Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, 1596:
LAUNCELOT: Nay, indeed, if you had your eyes, you might fail of
the knowing me: it is a wise father that knows his
own child. Well, old man, I will tell you news of
your son: give me your blessing: truth will come
to light; murder cannot be hid long; a man's son
may, but at the length truth will out.
A little difficult to understand, but really it says do not trust the evidence you have heard,the real truth is yet to come!!
widnesman
says...
12:26am Sat 26 Jan 13
YouCan'tHandleTheTruth
says...
12:34am Sat 26 Jan 13
widnesman wrote:Why didn't you say that in the first place instead of all that rubbish you spouted about its origins?
It is my belief that Shafilea Ahmed,s parents stood trial for her honour killing because the police and Crown Prosecution Service did not have b*a*ss to to bring her real killers to court because they fear being accused of racial discrimination!!
old-codger
says...
1:46pm Sat 26 Jan 13
In court a lot of questions were not answered and a lot was not asked, These people are from a community that does,nt ask and does,nt tell.
If you dont tell the truth the first time round you can not expect anyone to believe you again. Three judges will decide and nobody will believe a word she say,s. She is trying to put all the blame on her husband, She should have done that at her trial but she was expecting a not guilty verdict but didnt get one.
dylan11
says...
2:41pm Sat 26 Jan 13
live_wire
says...
5:45pm Sat 26 Jan 13
believeinkarma
says...
8:14pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Cheap Mower
says...
7:26am Sun 27 Jan 13
believeinkarma wrote:Hear hear means he/she agrees with you!
@LJ what do you mean ?? by saying hear hear ?? i stand by what i have said these monsters deserve to be hanged .. does this evil scumbag think she will get a lighter sentence trying to pin the blame on her scumbag husband ... poor girl who suffered and lost her life just because she wanted to be westernised .. her brother should of being jailed too scum scum scum the lot of them ....
SAC_in_Warrington
says...
7:43am Sun 27 Jan 13
widnesman wrote:Well said Widnesman, I fully agree. Although we may never come to know the full truth and facts behind this tragic case, this appears to be yet another dire example of mankind's inhumanity to mankind.
YouCan'tHandleTheTru"Truth will out"
th wrote:
widnesman wrote:What do you mean?
I still maintain
"THE TRUTH WILL OUT"
Eventually!!
Meaning
The truth will become known eventually.
Origin
From Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, 1596:
LAUNCELOT: Nay, indeed, if you had your eyes, you might fail of
the knowing me: it is a wise father that knows his
own child. Well, old man, I will tell you news of
your son: give me your blessing: truth will come
to light; murder cannot be hid long; a man's son
may, but at the length truth will out.
A little difficult to understand, but really it says do not trust the evidence you have heard,the real truth is yet to come!!
believeinkarma
says...
2:52pm Sun 27 Jan 13
SAC_in_Warrington
says...
6:39pm Wed 30 Jan 13
believeinkarma wrote:I appreciate your comment, and value your experience and your point of view, well said. Thank you.
@cheap mower thank you for the clarification :) . i am a british born pakistani and have a daughter who is a teenager and is westernised if these sort of lowlife monsters think by murdering there poor daughter just cos she wanted to be westernised and wanted freedom . then i am glad the monsters hav had there freedom snatched from them ther deserve to be sent to america for the lethal injection cos its us TAXPAYERS who are paying to keeping these scums in jail .. this goverment is screwed ....
believeinkarma says...
6:50pm Fri 25 Jan 13