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Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Gran who arranged daughter-in-law's murder for wanting divorce is freed from jail

A grandmother who arranged the murder of her daughter-in-law because she wanted to divorce her son has been released from prison.

Bachan Kaur Athwal, from Hayes, west London, was jailed in 2007 for ordering the killing of 27-year-old Surjit Athwal.

She served less than 15 years in jail for the so-called honour killing in 1998 after the Parole Board granted her released.

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