January 30, 2012

Canadian Family Convicted of Triple Honor Homicides

[From article]
"The prosecution alleged it was a case of premeditated murder, staged to look like an accident after it was carried out. Prosecutors said the defendants drowned their victims elsewhere on the site, placed their bodies in the car and pushed it into the canal.
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the oldest daughter, was forbidden to attend school for a year because she had a young Pakistani-Canadian boyfriend, and she fled to a shelter, terrified of her father, the court was told.
The prosecution said her parents found condoms in Sahar's room as well as photos of her wearing short skirts and hugging her Christian boyfriend, a relationship she had kept secret. Geeti was becoming almost impossible to control: skipping school, failing classes, being sent home for wearing revealing clothes and stealing, while declaring to authority figures that she wanted to be placed in foster care, according to the prosecution."

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/01/29/jury-finds-afghan-family-guilty-in-honor-killings/

Jury finds Afghan family guilty in 'honor' killings
Fox News
Published January 29, 2012
Associated Press

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