'Honour killing' victim was raped

international | gender and sexuality | other press Thursday July 19, 2007 16:38 by Marie Stopes

Yet another example of an "honour" killing. This jihad against women must be stopped. There can be no hiding place for "socialists" who refuse to condemn this ongoing murder of women.

'Honour killing' victim was raped

An honour killing victim was raped and tortured before being killed in her south London home, a court has heard. Banaz Mahmod was subjected to rape and other degrading acts in the last two hours of her life, it emerged during a pre-sentence hearing at the Old Bailey.

Last month her father Mahmod Mahmod, 52, and his brother Ari Mahmod, 52, of Mitcham, were found guilty of murder. They ordered her execution because they believed she had shamed the family by falling in love with the wrong man.

Banaz was garrotted for five minutes, but it took half an hour for her to die as her killers stamped on her neck to "let her soul out".