Grandmother guilty of honour killing

by Jordan Yerman | July 26, 2007 at 03:12 pm
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A 70-year-old British grandmother is facing life imprisonment after being convicted today of the "honour killing" of her son's wife who she murdered after luring her to India.


Bachan Athwal, 70, who has 16 grandchildren, is believed to be one of the oldest women ever to be convicted of murder in England. Her son was also found guilty of murder.


They will be sentenced on September 19.


The two killed Sikh Heathrow Airport worker Surjit Kaur Athwal, who disappeared in December 1998 after she decided to walk out of her arranged marriage.

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