“Banaz had made several attempts to warn police that her life was in danger, even naming those she thought would kill her. In footage recorded following an earlier attempt on her life by her father in December 2005, she said she was ‘really scared’. However her statement following the assault was allegedly not taken seriously enough by investigating officers.” Why not? Were they afraid of being labeled “Islamophobic”?
“‘Honour killing’ relatives guilty,” from the BBC, with thanks to all who sent this in:
A father has been found guilty of killing his daughter in what police have described as an honour killing.
The body of Banaz Mahmod, 20, was found in a suitcase buried in a garden in Birmingham last year.
Her father Mahmod Mahmod, 52, and uncle Ari Mahmod, 50, from Mitcham, south London, were both convicted of murder at the Old Bailey.
A third defendant, Darbad Mares-Rasull, was cleared of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Ari Mahmod was also found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
Mohamad Hama, 30, of West Norwood, south London, an associate of Ari, has pleaded guilty to the murder.
Miss Mahmod was killed after falling in love with a man her family did not want her to marry.
Her father and uncle ordered the murder because they believed she had shamed the family, the three-month trial heard.
Banaz had made several attempts to warn police that her life was in danger, even naming those she thought would kill her.
In footage recorded following an earlier attempt on her life by her father in December 2005, she said she was “really scared”.
However her statement following the assault was allegedly not taken seriously enough by investigating officers.