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FATHER KILLED 'WESTERN' DAUGHTER
Sky News ^
| 09/29/03
| Sky News
Posted on 09/29/2003 7:40:46 AM PDT by Colosis
A strict Kurdish Muslim who slit his daughter's throat after she started seeing a Christian boy has been jailed for life.
Abdalla Yones, 48, tried to commit suicide after murdering 16-year-old Heshu and pleaded with the Old Bailey to pass a death sentence on him.
Heshu had planned to run away from home after starting a relationship with an 18-year-old Lebanese man.
Sentencing Yones, Judge Neil Denison said: "This is, on any view, a tragic story arising out of irreconcilable cultural differences between traditional Kurdish values and the values of western society."
Yones, a political refugee who Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime 10 years ago, cut his own throat and jumped from a third floor balcony after the "honour killing" of Heshu at their home in Acton, west London, on October 12 last year.
Her body was found in the bloodstained bathroom, a kitchen knife protruding from her neck bent out of shape. She had 11 stab wounds, one a cut to the throat.
John McGuinness QC, prosecuting, told the court: "The defendant, a strict Muslim, did not approve of her western lifestyle.
"There was tension at home particularly with her father. He was not happy with her lifestyle and wanted her to live within the Muslim religion and cultural traditions."
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: honorkillings; islam; muslimwomen; religionofpeace
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posted on
09/29/2003 7:40:48 AM PDT
by
Colosis
To: Colosis
Wow, and I used to think my father was tough when he wouldn't give me the car keys.
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posted on
09/29/2003 7:43:17 AM PDT
by
PaulJ
To: Colosis
Makes my fathers leather belt look fairly tame.....
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posted on
09/29/2003 7:44:16 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.)
To: Colosis
Bin Laden himself has embraced the life of a Western gal.
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posted on
09/29/2003 7:45:34 AM PDT
by
dead
(All that is not mandatory is prohibited.)
To: Colosis
Ahhhh, the peaceful loving religion!!!!!
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posted on
09/29/2003 7:45:45 AM PDT
by
never4get
(Son, she said, have I got a little story for you.................)
To: b4its2late
But it's not a cult. Nope
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posted on
09/29/2003 7:47:22 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: Colosis
Ahhhh, the peaceful loving religion!!!!!
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posted on
09/29/2003 7:47:52 AM PDT
by
never4get
(Son, she said, have I got a little story for you.................)
To: AppyPappy
But it's not a cult. Nope Moon gawd, moon gawd up in sky.
Should I make my daughter die?
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posted on
09/29/2003 7:50:05 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(G_d is at war with Amalek for all generations)
To: Colosis
He should be forced to work as a roadie for Madonna. That would be a lifetime of torture for him.
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posted on
09/29/2003 7:50:26 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: Colosis
The true face of Is-Lame
To: Colosis
John McGuinness QC, prosecuting, told the court: "The defendant, a strict Muslim, did not approve of her western lifestyle.Then what was the strict Muslim doing, bringing his family to live in the West? Maybe to enjoy all the benefits which aren't available in Allah's countries, but never intending to fit in.
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posted on
09/29/2003 7:53:14 AM PDT
by
xJones
To: dennisw; watchin; VOA; harpseal; timestax; xJones; justshutupandtakeit; TopDog2; ThomasMore; ...
Father gets life for 'honour' killing
A Kurdish Muslim who killed his 16-year-old daughter because she'd become "too westernised" has become the first person to be jailed for a so-called honour killing.
Abdalla Yones, 48, stabbed Heshu Yones 11 times, slitting her throat, before making a failed attempt to kill himself, and pleading with a judge to sentence him to death.
Popular and fun-loving, Heshu had planned to run away from home after starting a relationship with an 18-year-old Lebanese Christian boy.
Yones, a political refugee who had fled Iraq 10 years ago, cut his own throat and jumped from a third floor balcony after attacking Heshu at their home in Acton, west London, on Oct 12 last year.
He later tried to blame unknown Islamic men for his daughter's death, claiming he had also been attacked.
His counsel, Icah Peart QC, said that Yones now desired to die. Judge Neil Denison told him: "It is plain you strongly and genuinely disapproved of the lifestyle in this country of your daughter.
"But having said that, the killing and the manner of it was, as you have recognised, an appalling act. That is why immediately after and then again last month, you tried to take your own life. I accept that is still your intention."
Heshu's body was found in the bloodstained bathroom. A white-handled kitchen knife protruded from her neck. It was bent out of shape and the pointed tip was missing. It had broken off on contact with bone.
Yones kept a strict eye on his daughter's movements but she persuaded friends to tell lies for her, the court heard.
Judge Denison said: "This is, on any view, a tragic story arising out of irreconcilable cultural differences between traditional Kurdish values and the values of western society."
Det Insp Brent Hyatt, of the Metropolitan Police's Serious Crime Directorate, said: "I have never worked on a case that has affected me and my team so much. Heshu was a bright, vibrant, girl, full of life and humour. There was nothing, nothing at all honourable about her murder.
"After hacking his daughter to death, Mr Yones has attempted every defence, from psychiatric and diminished responsibility to extreme provocation, in order to save his own skin. As with every bullying perpetrator of domestic violence I have ever dealt with, Mr Yones turned out to be quite the coward."
Cdr Andy Baker, head of the Met's Serious Crime Directorate, said: "Violence in the name of culture will not be tolerated. Murder in the name of honour will be punished by the severest penalties available in law.
"The haunting video images of Heshu Yones put a face to a crime that has, for too long, been shrouded and obscured by fear of cultural reprimand."
He said to victims: "We have officers trained to deal with you. We are aware of the pressures you face, and will not approach your family or your community leaders unless you specifically request it." "
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posted on
09/29/2003 10:14:45 AM PDT
by
knighthawk
(Freedom is my believe, for you I would die)
To: knighthawk
Put him in the deepest oublette in the Tower of London and wrap him in fresh pigskin, and then forget about him for 20 years.
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posted on
09/29/2003 10:24:08 AM PDT
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo [Gallia][Germania][Arabia] Esse Delendam --- Select One or More as needed)
To: Colosis
Article:
...irreconcilable cultural differences between traditional Kurdish values and the values of western society.
Could this judge be on to something?
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posted on
09/29/2003 11:19:30 AM PDT
by
Celtman
(It's never right to do wrong to do right.)
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: knighthawk
Though he deserves to die IMO, I think it's really great this guy has attempted suicide twice,(Wimp!) and now has to spend the rest of his living days locked up. Can you spell L-O-S-E-R??? LOL
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posted on
09/29/2003 1:25:58 PM PDT
by
Pagey
(Hillary Rotten is a Smug, Holier - Than - Thou Socialist)
To: knighthawk
It sounds to me like the judge is apologizing for the guy.
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posted on
09/29/2003 2:50:56 PM PDT
by
Paul_B
To: Colosis
Would be happy to show this evil father where he can find a 20 story building -- a third floor balcony is way lame for a man who stabs his daughter to death.
Abdalla Yones, 48, tried to commit suicide after murdering 16-year-old Heshu and pleaded with the Old Bailey to pass a death sentence on him...cut his own throat and jumped from a third floor balcony after the "honour killing" of Heshu at their home in Acton, west London, on October 12 last year.
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posted on
09/29/2003 8:56:00 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: GOPJ
NOTICE they never complete their own suicides, the mothers of small babies and the honor killings ,are all to cowardly to do themselves in.
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posted on
09/11/2004 7:29:24 AM PDT
by
douglas1
(what JOHN KERRY DID AFTER HE CA)
To: b4its2late
YOU HAVE GOT THAT RIGHT!!
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