A Pakistani-born couple were jailed for life by a British court for murdering their “westernised” teenage daughter in an apparent honour killing.

A couple who killed their "Westernised" teenage daughter because they believed she brought shame on the family were jailed for life today - nine years after the brutal killing.

A jury will begin its deliberations today in the trial of a couple accused of murdering of their daughter because they believed she brought “shame on the family”.

A mother accused of murdering her teenage daughter has changed her defence case in what a judge described as a “significant development”, a court heard yesterday.

A MOTHER who starved her seven-year-old daughter to death was cleared of murder yesterday after prosecutors accepted her defence of diminished responsibility.