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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Somaiya Begum: man jailed for life for murder of niece who refused marriage

Somaiya Begum
Somaiya Begum: ‘an intelligent woman of spirit and courage’, said the judge at Bradford crown court. Photograph: West Yorkshire police/PA

A man who killed his niece after she refused to marry a man in Pakistan has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for her murder.

Mohammed Taroos Khan killed 20-year-old Somaiya Begum in an attack at her home in Bradford, West Yorkshire, on 25 June last year. He then dumped her body on waste ground, where it was found decomposed 11 days later.

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