Trio guilty of 'honour killings'
- 12 years ago
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A husband, wife and their son leave court in Canada convicted of murdering four family members in so-called honour killings.
Mohammad Shafia and his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya killed three of their own daughters and another relative, aided by their eldest son Hamed Mohammad Shafia.
The bodies of teenagers Zainab, Sahar and Geeti Shafia and their father's first wife Rona Amir Mohammad were found in a canal lock. All four had drowned.
SOUNDBITE: Sergeant Chris Scott, lead investigator, saying (English):
"I don't want to give these people any more voice than they've already had. To me, and this will be my last comment I'm going to make today, it's Rona, Zainab, Sahar, Geeti. That's who we should be thinking about, not these other people. That's all I'm going to have to say. Thank you."
Prosecutors were heckled outside the court by supporters of the family whose lawyers plan to appeal.
Paul Chapman, Reuters
A husband, wife and their son leave court in Canada convicted of murdering four family members in so-called honour killings.
Mohammad Shafia and his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya killed three of their own daughters and another relative, aided by their eldest son Hamed Mohammad Shafia.
The bodies of teenagers Zainab, Sahar and Geeti Shafia and their father's first wife Rona Amir Mohammad were found in a canal lock. All four had drowned.
SOUNDBITE: Sergeant Chris Scott, lead investigator, saying (English):
"I don't want to give these people any more voice than they've already had. To me, and this will be my last comment I'm going to make today, it's Rona, Zainab, Sahar, Geeti. That's who we should be thinking about, not these other people. That's all I'm going to have to say. Thank you."
Prosecutors were heckled outside the court by supporters of the family whose lawyers plan to appeal.
Paul Chapman, Reuters