Court finds family guilty of honour killing

The Copenhagen Post ^ | 6/27/2006 | staff

[EBH]

A landmark verdict finds nine people guilty for conspiring to kill a young Pakistani woman and her husband in the largest honour killing case ever tried in Europe

The High Court of Eastern Denmark delivered a 'guilty' verdict on Tuesday to all nine defendants in the most far-reaching honour killing ever tried in Europe.

The verdict is considered a landmark finding, since not only the brother who fired the gun that killed Ghazala Khan was found guilty.

The court also found Ghazala's father and seven others guilty of conspiring to murder the young Pakistani woman and her husband for disobeying orders not to marry last September. Jurors determined that a group of uncles, aunts and acquaintances apparently plotted to lure the couple to the train station of Slagelse in western Zealand, where the brother waited with a loaded gun.

Ghazala suffered fatal wounds while her newly wed husband narrowly escaped death.

Although lawyers of seven of the defendants sought a reduced sentence for their clients, jurors rejected their plea that mitigating circumstances should release a milder sentence.

The verdict came as no surprise to Vagn Greve, a law professor at Copenhagen University. Jurors merely made use of Danish law's broad guidelines in defining who acts as an accomplice in a crime, he said.

'From what I have heard and read, I cannot see that we have done anything new. The jurors found that existing rules should be put to use.'

Legal experts in Germany, Sweden and other countries have followed the case closely, since it marks the first time accomplices have been found guilty in an honour killing.

[EBH]

We reported that nine members of a Pakistani family based in Denmark were put on trial on Monday May 15. They were accused on charges of conspiring to murder, relating to the killing of Ghazala Khan (pictured left) on September 23 last year.

Ghazala was shot in the street, in broad daylight, outside Slagelse train station, in western Zealand, west of Copenhagen. The incident, captured on camera (below) involved Ghazala being shot twice in the heart by her 29-year old brother. The brother also shot Ghazala's Afghan husband, the reason for the family's anger.

The brother had insisted that the shooting was accidental, and that he had no intention of killing Ghazala. She had betrayed the family's "honour" by marrying her Afghan boyfriend in secret, and not gaining her parents' consent. This had been the ninth case of honor killing in a decade in Denmark, the prosecution claimed.

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[MrEdd]

So, since tis is Europe the punishment is -what? Surely not something as harsh as panties on their heads.

[wideawake]

The usual tactic these pondscum use is sending the youngest family member capable of murder to do the job - that way only one person goes down for it and he is usually given a light sentence since it is Europe and it is usually a first offense.

Convicting the whole extended family is excellent - really sends a message.

[thebaron512]

Maybe they rot in hell for their actions. I hold honor killing of one of your own family members to be very dishonorable and wicked. For marrying someone you don't like? That is just cowardly and insane.

I hope they all rot for decades in the prison system and never see the light of freedom again. Her family was no family in the end.

[Seruzawa]

Probably a few hours of community service followed by free counselling to overcome the distress of being found guilty.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

I wouldn't get worked up. I'm sure they will get almost no time in prison as usual. Eurabia musn't upset its multicultural applecart.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Denmark is one of the few countries in Western Europe with any balls. They've refused to punish the cartoonists who drew caricatures of Muhammad and they've backed the U.S. in Iraq. We may actually see a punishment with teeth on this.

[EBH]

I am very glad to see they are enforcing their laws. Perhaps Eurabia isn't so close. It seems the citizens are fed up.

[YOUGOTIT]

And this is the religion that the New York Times and the left-wing fascist Democrats want us to have when they surrender to the Islamic fascist terrorist.

I assume that the NYTs has its berkas ready for its female workers: But I forgot females are not allowed to work so forget about that.

[ishabibble]

Honour killing - The Muslim version of the Jerry Springer show. Not only are the Muslims dangerous to women, they also do really ridiculous things.

[SuziQ]

Although lawyers of seven of the defendants sought a reduced sentence for their clients, jurors rejected their plea that mitigating circumstances should release a milder sentence.

GOOD! Send an unmistakable message that 'honor killings' are NOT acceptable in Western Culture. If they want to do that crap, they can move to a Muslim country that allows it.

[Hound of the Baskervilles]

What monsters. The uncontrolled meanness of these people is vile beyond belief.

[mtbopfuyn]

The usual tactic these pondscum use is sending the youngest family member capable of murder to do the job

Yes, they always send the youngest out to do their dirty work; honor killings and homicide bombings. Seems the older ones are smart enough to stay safe and warm back home.

[pooky]

wrong! no punishment at all.

[RSteyn]

They're getting varying sentences from 5 years to life.

Buy Danish.

[Dudoight]

Is this in the Islamic religion or is it cultural? Sick, savage, barbaric, revolting. This thinking suits a pack of jackals, not humans.

[EBH]

Depending on who one converses with it can be construed either way. Basic observation though leads one to think it part of their religion. The practice is evident throughout the Middle East and North Africa. It is slowly becoming evident in Europe. And it has happened here in the United States as well.

[EBH]

Yes, It is Islamic Don't Apologize for It!
By Azam Kamguian


http://www.secularislam.org/women/dont.htm

[Dudoight]

Thanks.