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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 57093" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: navy"><img src="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/printer_friendly/news_logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>Grandmother guilty of murder plot</strong> </span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">A 70-year-old grandmother and her son have been found guilty of murdering his wife in a so-called "honour killing". </span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Bachan Athwal and her son Sukhdave, 43, arranged the murder of Surjit Athwal to defend the family honour. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Surjit, 27, who wanted a divorce, went missing in 1998 after going to the Punjab with her mother-in-law. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">An Old Bailey judge remanded the mother and son from Hayes, west London, into custody and told them to expect a life term when sentenced in September. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Mother-of-two Surjit, originally from Coventry, never returned from a trip with Bachan Athwal to a family wedding in India in December 1998. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Later, the grandmother of 16 children boasted she had got rid of her by getting a relative to strangle her and throw her body into a river in the Punjab. Her body has never been found. </span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">Frightened relatives </span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">The pair were only caught when "frightened" members of their own family reported them to police. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">"They were frightened that if they told anybody, the same sort of thing might happen to them as they believed happened to the victim," Michael Worsley QC, prosecuting, said. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Mr Worsley said "family honour was at stake" when it was discovered Surjit was having an affair with a married man and wanted a divorce. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Bachan vowed a divorce would could only take place "over my dead body". </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Bachan called a family meeting to discuss killing Surjit a month before she vanished, the court heard. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Sarbjit Athwal, another daughter-in-law, said: "My mother-in-law said she wasn't getting on and it was causing too much confusion and problems in the family - and they were going to get rid of Surjit." </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">After having her killed, Bachan and Sukhdave then pretended Surjit had run away. They forged letters supposed to be from the Metropolitan Police to their Indian counterparts to try and fool them. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Mother and son also faked a document transferring ownership of the home Surjit part-owned into their names. </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Sukhdave took out a £100,000 insurance policy on his wife the day she left for India. It was never paid out. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">He later divorced Surjit in her absence, claiming she deserted him, and then he married someone else, said Mr Worsley. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Surjit first met her Sikh husband on her wedding day in 1988, when she was just 16. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">She had worked as a customs officer at Heathrow Airport and married Sukhdave, who worked as a driver at the airport. </span></p><p><span style="color: navy">Judge Giles Forrester remanded the mother and son in custody for sentencing on 19 September. </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>Story from BBC NEWS:</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: navy"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6906735.stm" target="_blank">BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Grandmother guilty of murder plot</a></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Published: 2007/07/26 11:44:59 GMT</span></p><p> </p><p>© BBC MMVII</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 57093, member: 884"] [COLOR=navy][IMG]http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/printer_friendly/news_logo.gif[/IMG] [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]Grandmother guilty of murder plot[/B] [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=navy]A 70-year-old grandmother and her son have been found guilty of murdering his wife in a so-called "honour killing". [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]Bachan Athwal and her son Sukhdave, 43, arranged the murder of Surjit Athwal to defend the family honour. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Surjit, 27, who wanted a divorce, went missing in 1998 after going to the Punjab with her mother-in-law. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]An Old Bailey judge remanded the mother and son from Hayes, west London, into custody and told them to expect a life term when sentenced in September. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Mother-of-two Surjit, originally from Coventry, never returned from a trip with Bachan Athwal to a family wedding in India in December 1998. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Later, the grandmother of 16 children boasted she had got rid of her by getting a relative to strangle her and throw her body into a river in the Punjab. Her body has never been found. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=navy]Frightened relatives [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=navy]The pair were only caught when "frightened" members of their own family reported them to police. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]"They were frightened that if they told anybody, the same sort of thing might happen to them as they believed happened to the victim," Michael Worsley QC, prosecuting, said. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Mr Worsley said "family honour was at stake" when it was discovered Surjit was having an affair with a married man and wanted a divorce. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Bachan vowed a divorce would could only take place "over my dead body". [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Bachan called a family meeting to discuss killing Surjit a month before she vanished, the court heard. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Sarbjit Athwal, another daughter-in-law, said: "My mother-in-law said she wasn't getting on and it was causing too much confusion and problems in the family - and they were going to get rid of Surjit." [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]After having her killed, Bachan and Sukhdave then pretended Surjit had run away. They forged letters supposed to be from the Metropolitan Police to their Indian counterparts to try and fool them. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Mother and son also faked a document transferring ownership of the home Surjit part-owned into their names. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Sukhdave took out a £100,000 insurance policy on his wife the day she left for India. It was never paid out. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]He later divorced Surjit in her absence, claiming she deserted him, and then he married someone else, said Mr Worsley. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Surjit first met her Sikh husband on her wedding day in 1988, when she was just 16. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]She had worked as a customs officer at Heathrow Airport and married Sukhdave, who worked as a driver at the airport. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Judge Giles Forrester remanded the mother and son in custody for sentencing on 19 September. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]Story from BBC NEWS:[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6906735.stm"]BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Grandmother guilty of murder plot[/URL][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Published: 2007/07/26 11:44:59 GMT[/COLOR] © BBC MMVII [/QUOTE]
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