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Family guilty of ‘honour killing’

From BBC: Family guilty of ‘honour killing’A father and his two sons have been found guilty of murdering his daughter’s boyfriend in an “honour killing” after she became pregnant.

Arash Ghorbani-Zarin, 19, was found stabbed 46 times in a car in Rosehill, Oxford, on 20 November last year.

The Iranian Muslim had been studying at Oxford Brookes University.

Chomir Ali, 44, was found guilty of ordering sons Mohammed Mujibar Rahman, 19, and Mamnoor Rahman, 16, to kill Mr Ghorbani-Zarin, at Oxford Crown Court.

During the trial, the court heard the two sons killed Mr Ghorbani-Zarin due to the “shame and dishonour” brought on the family by his relationship with Manna Begum.