PARENTS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING SHAFILEA (From Warrington Guardian)
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PARENTS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING SHAFILEA AHMED
12:50pm Friday 3rd August 2012 in News
Farzana and Iftikhar Ahmed
AFTER almost nine years of lies, deception and deceit the parents of Shafilea Ahmed have been found guilty of her murder.
Today, Friday, at Chester Crown Court Iftikhar Ahmed, aged 52, and Farzana Ahmed, aged 49, were convicted unanimously by a jury of five woman and seven men of killing the 17-year-old after an 11-week trial.
Shafilea was murdered in the lounge of her family home on Liverpool Road, Great Sankey on September 11, 2003, because she was determined to lead a Western lifestyle.
Her body was then driven to the Lake District and dumped in a gorge next to the River Kent, Sedgwick.
Both Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed have always denied killing the former Great Sankey High School pupil.
They claimed she ran away from home on the night she was murdered.
However, they did not report her missing.
Joanne Code, a teacher at Great Sankey High School, notified police that Shafilea had disappeared.
The former Priestley College student’s decomposed remains were found five months later in February 2004.
But the lies of the two defendants were uncovered after daughter Alesha Ahmed staged an armed robbery at the family home in August 2010, for which she was arrested.
The 23-year-old, who is currently in witness protection, gave evidence to say she witnessed her parents kill Shafilea and that her siblings were also present.
During the trial letters written in 2008 by Shafilea’s younger sister Mevish were read out.
In them she also described witnessing the murder.
She also talked of how Mr and Mrs Ahmed had regularly beaten and abused Shafilea for talking to boys.
But when the 21-year-old was called to give evidence by Mr Justice Roderick Evans, she claimed they were fictional stories she had made up.
Iftikhar Ahmed has been found guilty of the 'honour killing' of daughter Shafilea
Proceedings then took a dramatic twist on July 9 when Mrs Ahmed changed her statement, blaming her husband for the murder.
Today the jury convicted both parents for the teenager’s death.
Comments(23)
Cleopatra
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1:03pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Preferably they would die in prison but if not then soon after release as aged, old, worn out things
smallscousefox
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1:15pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Justice at last for this poor beautiful girl.
Rest in peace now sweetheart
Hope these 2 soulless creatures rot in hell for what they did to you
x
LJ
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1:16pm Fri 3 Aug 12
shikran
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1:20pm Fri 3 Aug 12
best of bradford
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1:31pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RIP You poor angel. I hope your soul finds peace now that justice has been done by you .
I hope that other parents out there asian, english pink with dots on will take note and realise they can not force their views on their children no matter what.
i hope her siblings will honour their sisters sacrifice for fredom and decission making for herself and become better people .
Patrick Bateman
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1:31pm Fri 3 Aug 12
LJ
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1:32pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Well said
Albion.
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1:35pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Patrick Bateman wrote:That is a very restrained version of what I would have (if allowed) written.
You know what? In their twisted moral universe they'll STILL be thinking they did the right thing. No doubt they will feel a grave injustice has been done and quite indignant about how poorly they believe they've been treated. Sadly even after they serve their no-doubt so-called 'life' sentence (ha!) they'll feel no shame and rather than exiled and renounced by their community I suspect there'll be some unspoken acknowledgement that they 'did the right thing' (at least by some at any rate). A terrible, evil act.
Al Spade
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1:42pm Fri 3 Aug 12
RIP Shafilea
Smell the coffee
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1:42pm Fri 3 Aug 12
exwarringtonian
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2:00pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Freeborn John
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2:07pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Al Spade wrote:Indeed. 'Honour' crime is the sugar coated term invented for institutionalised domestic violence within certain communities, up to and including murder.
Let's be quite clear about this. There is no such thing as an honour killing. It is murder and there is no honour in that!!
RIP Shafilea
This issue must be faced and dealt with, it can't carry on in a civilised country.
Genny89
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2:10pm Fri 3 Aug 12
roadrunner
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2:11pm Fri 3 Aug 12
The only real justice for Shafilea would be to put these two twisted sicko's at the end of a rope.
RIP Shafilea.
Paris
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2:24pm Fri 3 Aug 12
.you should never have sacrificed your life because you wanted to live in a western country. Tragic from start to finish..............
..Parents thought you had brought shame on your family.....well SHAME on them for what they did!..........Rest in eternal peace. x
Paris
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2:27pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Leanne83
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2:32pm Fri 3 Aug 12
nextdoor
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2:53pm Fri 3 Aug 12
Pot Noddle
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4:27pm Fri 3 Aug 12
All these years these two have been living their lives as they chose, thinking probably that they had got away with it, although, as another reader suggested, they probably do not see that they have done wrong.
Lets hope that the British Justice system get's the sentencing right in this instance !!
resident*1
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6:25pm Fri 3 Aug 12
The verdict we all knew would come one day has finally arrived thanks to your determination to pursue these scum for as long as necessary ~ Thank you.
Rest in peace, sweet Angel.
deakodude
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7:18pm Fri 3 Aug 12
chumhill
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8:46am Mon 6 Aug 12
deakodude wrote:Well said
Put these scumbags on the next plane to Pakistan rather than us feed them,keep them warm,learn new skills etc for the next 25 years.
live_wire says...
12:57pm Fri 3 Aug 12