'Honour killing' Relatives Guilty

by liamssoft | June 11, 2007 at 07:04 am

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Banaz's death is the latest in a rising number of such killings in Britain, home to 1.8 million Muslims. More than 100 homicides are under investigation as potential honour killings.

A father has been found guilty of killing his daughter in what police described as an honour killing.

The body of Banaz Mahmod, 20, was found in a suitcase buried in a garden in Birmingham last year.

Her father Mahmod Mahmod, 52, and uncle Ari Mahmod, 50, from Mitcham, south London, were both convicted of murder at the Old Bailey.

A third defendant, Darbad Mares-Rasull, was cleared of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

Ari Mahmod was also found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

Mohamad Hama, 30, of West Norwood, south London, an associate of Ari, has pleaded guilty to the murder.