Couple ‘murdered shameful daughter’

A couple murdered their “westernised” 17-year-old daughter because they believed her conduct was bringing shame on the family, a court heard.

The decomposed body of Shafilea Ahmed was discovered in Cumbria in Feb 2004.

As her parents Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed went on trial for her murder, prosecutor Andrew Edis QC told Chester Crown Court they had killed her because she refused to obey them by agreeing to an arranged marriage.