Parents jailed for life for killing 'westernised' daughter

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 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.

Iftikhar Ahmed, 52, and his wife Farzana, 49, were told they would both serve a minimum of 25 years in prison after a jury at Chester Crown Court convicted them of the murder of their 17-year-old daughter Shafilea.

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