[bbfan1991]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-18144095

[arista]

"A teenager was killed by her Pakistan-born parents because they believed her Westernised lifestyle had brought shame on the family, a court heard yesterday.
Nine years after their daughter Shafilea vanished, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed have gone on trial accused of murder.
The court heard that police made a breakthrough in the case when Shafilea’s sister told them she saw them kill the 17-year-old.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1va25PfMz







This case has taken 9 years to get this far.
I hope it gets Concluded soon.

[joeysteele]

This was on the news yesterday, I really hope justice is done at last. If it is the case the Parents did it then well done to the Sister for eventually speaking out about this.

[Kizzy]

Yes she was a very brave young woman, I hope she will find some peace.

[Niamh.]

wow, what a terrible story :/

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

wow, what a terrible story :/

I am glad the Brave Sister
has come forward as she watched the parents
kill her.


All she wanted was to be like all her mates
and the Evil Asian Parents killed her.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by arista

I am glad the Brave Sister
has come forward as she watched the parents
kill her.


All she wanted was to be like all her mates
and the Evil Asian Parents killed her.

Not sure why you posted another link under the OP arista...Do we really need the daily mails perspective on this?..

[Omah]

Originally Posted by kizzy

Not sure why you posted another link under the OP arista...Do we really need the daily mails perspective on this?..

It's a duplicate thread that has been merged.

[arista]

Originally Posted by kizzy

Not sure why you posted another link under the OP arista...Do we really need the daily mails perspective on this?..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/ma...er-crown-court


Of Course Not Kizzy
here is another paper

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by arista

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/ma...er-crown-court


Of Course Not Kizzy
here is another paper

Cheers arista

[Kizzy]

Ah, thanks omah

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18161063

Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed are accused of killing their 17-year-old daughter at their Warrington home in 2003.

The murder was allegedly witnessed by Shafilea's younger sister Alesha, who kept the secret for seven years.

Mr Ahmed, 52, and his wife, 49, are on trial at Chester Crown Court where both deny murder.

Prosecutor Andrew Edis told the court: "She [Alesha] describes what is an act of suffocation by both her parents acting together."

He said they put their hands over her face "to close her airways so she could not breathe".

He added: "She had a bag forced into her mouth."

Mr Edis said Alesha, now 23, would later tell the court how she saw her parents in the kitchen of their home in Liverpool Road with bin bags and tape, wrapping the body up.

She then saw her father outside and heard a car driving off.

Mr Edis said: "She looked out of the window and saw her father with a large object wrapped in bin bags. She assumed that was the body of her sister."

The case continues .....

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18161066

The parents of schoolgirl Shafilea Ahmed physically abused her "every day" because they disapproved of her lifestyle, a court has heard.

Giving evidence at Chester Crown Court, their younger daughter Alesha, 23, said Shafilea lived "a secret life that she didn't want our parents to know about".

She said on one occasion her parents had threatened Shafilea with a knife.

Ms Ahmed, who is on witness protection and gave evidence from behind a screen, told the court the abuse was at its worst when their parents reacted to Shafilea having male friends.

On another occasion Shafilea was left in a room without food for several days. the jury was told.

The case continues .....

[Mrluvaluva]

How could anyone kill their own child by suffocating them with a plastic bag? Absolutely appalling. Scum like this should never see the light of day again.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

How could anyone kill their own child by suffocating them with a plastic bag? Absolutely appalling. Scum like this should never see the light of day again.

Simple

The Parents are not into
Western Ways.

They are Evil Asian Parents

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18174889

Schoolgirl Shafilea Ahmed drank bleach during a family trip to Pakistan after her mother told her she would not be returning to the UK, a court heard.

The 17-year-old went missing from her home in Warrington, Cheshire, in 2003 and was found dead six months later.

Her parents Iftikhar, 52, and Farzana Ahmed, 49, are on trial at Chester Crown Court where both deny murder.

Giving evidence, Alesha Ahmed said her elder sister was given marriage proposals while in Pakistan.

There were no actual wedding plans in place, she added.

Speaking from behind a curtain, Ms Ahmed, 23, told the court that during the trip her sister thought she would be kept there and had been unhappy.

She said: "My mum made a remark to Shafilea which I think was what triggered her into drinking bleach.

"She told Shafilea she would be staying in Pakistan and wouldn't be going back."

The witness added: "Shafilea went to the bathroom. Everyone just heard her screaming and shouting.

"We went outside and she was holding her stomach."

Asked about her mother's reaction, she said she had a "distant" look on her face before adding: "It was like she was thinking it's better she had done it herself."

Once Shafilea was in hospital, Ms Ahmed said their mother was angry because she had "made a scene".

She said her mother told Shafilea she should tell people it was a mistake, and that in the dark she had picked up the bleach instead of the mouthwash.

The witness said: "I remember saying to Shafilea that I couldn't believe she had drank bleach and that she had done that to herself.

"She said 'what else was I supposed to do?'."

The incident caused severe damage to Shafilea's throat and she was unable to eat properly for some months, Ms Ahmed said.

Ms Ahmed told the court that when Shafilea came home from Pakistan, she was in hospital in Warrington for three months and her weight was 5st (31kg).

The mother seems obsessed with keeping the truth from "outsiders" .....

[Omah]

The court heard that when Shafilea came out of hospital, her parents told her she could not go back to Great Sankey High School because they believed that was where the "trouble" started.

Instead she was enrolled at the nearby Priestley Sixth Form College.

Ms Ahmed described how her sister had started agreeing more to her parents' demands on her and said the arguments became less frequent.

She said Shafilea took a part-time job after college and after a "week or two" had put on some weight.

But Ms Ahmed said more trouble started when their mother picked Shafilea up from work and she was wearing non-traditional clothes.

"She (Mrs Ahmed) was not happy about her being in a T-shirt," she said. "There was a car next to us which had Asian people in there and so she was not happy that someone had seen her like that."

Oh-oh, th'old biddy's not happy .....

[Omah]

The sister of schoolgirl Shafilea Ahmed broke down in tears as she told a court how the schoolgirl gasped for air as their parents suffocated her.

She said: "My mum said to my dad, 'just finish it here'." She said her parents had used a plastic bag and held their hands over Shafilea's face.

Giving evidence, Shafilea's younger sister Alesha, now 23, said: "They put the plastic bag in her mouth then put their hands over."

The prosecutor Andrew Edis QC asked: "Could you see any part of her face?"

She replied: "Her eyes. They were open really wide... you could tell she was just gasping for air."

Mr Edis said: "Did a time come when she stopped struggling?"

Ms Ahmed replied: "Yes. That was it. She was gone."

When asked what her parents did, she said: "They carried on with their hands still on her mouth, even though she'd stopped struggling, for 15-30 seconds."

Horrific, if true .....

[joeysteele]

I find this case truly awful, I really feel for the other Daughter giving evidence and what she is describing.

[Jack_]

Horrific and very calculated. Poor girl.

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18194131

Shafilea Ahmed's sister talks of 'relief'

Shafilea Ahmed's sister has told a court it was a "relief" to tell police after seven years that her parents had murdered the teenager.

Asked why she had kept quiet for so long, Alesha Ahmed said: "I think it was not until I went to uni I saw how wrong family life was."

At Chester Crown Court, Ms Ahmed, 23, said how she had made the disclosure that she witnessed the murders to her solicitor and a police officer while she was in custody after arranging a robbery at the family home in Liverpool Road.

Questioned by Andrew Edis QC, for the prosecution, about why she had made the claim after all these years, Ms Ahmed said: "I think at that point I was really suffering with the family (and) the build-up to the robbery.

"It all got too much, and to be honest I think it was a relief more than anything to be able to tell someone finally."

She told the court that when she started university she realised "how wrong family life was".

"When you get used to something, it becomes normal and that's when I saw it wasn't normal, really," Ms Ahmed said.

"I think what happened to my sister was wrong but because it's your parents you think it's normal because you still love them.

"I think at uni I did feel the way my sister had - you want to fit in with everyone else but you are still being forced to live in a different way.

"I think that's what made me crack."

'Haunting her'

Ms Ahmed told the court she had been in a state of "emotional distress" when she made the witness statement about the alleged murder of her sister.

She said it had "been haunting her" for a long time.

Ms Ahmed told the jury her relationship with her parents "completely broke down" after she refused to marry potential suitors they had set up.

"I felt I was going down the same path that my sister was going down," the 23-year-old said.

"The pressure of going to Pakistan, being 21-years-old at the time and supposed to be married.

"I think I just absolutely snapped. It was either living the way they wanted me to live or live on my own, both were a struggle."

She said she "wasn't thinking properly" when she arranged for the robbery to take place.

'No control'

The jury was told the incident, on 25 August 2010, saw three or four masked men burst into the house and search for money as Ms Ahmed, her mother, brother and sisters were inside.

Ms Ahmed told the court she was arrested after her mother and brother told police the thieves had known her name.

"I was the one who made contact with them to come over," she said.

"However, as you can see from events I had no control and they did turn on me as well."

[bbfan1991]

Poor girl and her deceased sister, hope their evil parents get a very big sentence when they are found guilty.

[arista]

Originally Posted by bbfan1991

Poor girl and her deceased sister, hope their evil parents get a very big sentence when they are found guilty.

Yes Pure Evil
Lock them Up Forever

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18265169

Shafilea Ahmed's sister invented a "wicked story" that her parents killed the teenager, a court has heard.

Alesha Ahmed, 23, told Chester Crown Court she did not invent the story following her arrest for organising a robbery at her family home.

Tom Bayliss QC, for Mr Ahmed, told the court Ms Ahmed had made the allegation because she was "caught red handed" over the robbery in August 2010.

She has since admitted helping to organise the robbery, in which four masked men burst into the house and searched for money as her family were inside.

Mr Bayliss said to her: "You knew you could buy yourself out of trouble by making up a wicked story about your parents."

Ms Ahmed, giving evidence from behind a screen, replied: "I don't think the police are stupid enough to go on a story if they haven't got any evidence."

Mr Bayliss added: "You played your trump card didn't you? You decided to tell the police that your parents killed your sister and you did it to get yourself out of trouble."

She replied: "I didn't do it to get myself out of trouble. At the end of the day I was feeling really torn, and I still do feel quite torn. It's not a win-win situation.

"At the end of the day I've got my sister who's died on one side and my parents who I care about on the other."

During further cross-examination, Mr Bayliss said Alesha went out drinking on the day following the alleged murder, wearing her sister's "westernised" clothes.

He said: "If you had seen your parents killing your sister the day before you would not have dared go out drinking, would you?"

Alesha replied: "That's why I went out. Because of what I had seen."

The case continues.

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-18494479

A sister of Shafilea Ahmed gave a friend letters about her parents "killing Shafilea", a court has heard.

The prosecution at Chester Crown Court alleges Mevish Ahmed, 21, wrote letters to a friend in 2008 which contained details of her sister's death.

However, Ms Ahmed said they were "free writing" and "fiction".

Prosecutor Andrew Edis said the documents had only recently been shown to police by Mevish Ahmed's friend, Shahin Munir.

He alleged to Ms Ahmed, who was 12 when Shafilea disappeared, that they were "letters that you wrote to your friend about your sister's death".

"These pieces of paper were about your parents killing Shafilea," he added.

However, she replied that they were "not letters about my sister's death, they are free writing".

"I write fiction, I write it quite a lot. Me and [sister] Alesha used to write fictional things and make-believe," she said.

"It's not necessarily associated with ourselves."

Ms Ahmed added that she had last seen Shafilea on the evening of 11 September 2003.

She told the jury that she had presumed Shafilea had "run away" and was staying with school friends.

She told the jury that this was "something that had happened before".

Mevish Ahmed is the second of Shafilea Ahmed's sisters to have appeared in court.

The trial continues.