Honour Killing in UK: Man Gets Life Sentence for Killing Niece With Metal Spike After She Refused Arranged Marriage
The girl's custody was given to her grandmother after several attempts by her father to force her to marry a cousin from Pakistan ‘by the threat of violence’ when she was 16.
London, March 19: In a horrifying incident, a man murdered his niece with a metal spike after she refused to participate in a forced marriage in the UK. The man, charged with murder, has been served a life sentence by Bradford Crown Court. The shocking incident occurred on June 25 last year. The dead body of the girl was found 11 days after the attack in a wasteland by an industrial estate. UK: Indian-Origin Man Jailed for Life for Father’s Murder With Champagne Bottle in London.
According to the media reports, the deceased was identified as 20-year-old Somaiya Begum, a biomedical student. She was living with her grandmother and another uncle at the time of her death due to a court-mandated Forced Marriage Protection Order. The accused, named Mohammed Taroos Khan (52), earlier denied the crime but was found guilty after a trial at Bradford Crown Court. UK Man Stabs Colleague to Death Moments After She Prepared To Give Him Oral Sex; Convicted by Court.
The girl's custody was given to her grandmother after several attempts by her father to force her to marry a cousin from Pakistan ‘by the threat of violence’ when she was 16. The court heard that the girl's father and Khan were slapped with a restraining order prohibiting them from going near the victim. However, Khan had cut a set of keys to the three-bedroom house on the day of the killing.
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