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Parents suffocated girl, 17, with plastic bag for wearing short-sleeved top

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A teenage girl was murdered by her parents in front of her siblings for wearing a top that showed off her arms.

Shafilea Ahmed, 17, suffered years of abuse from her mum and dad before they decided to end her life for bringing dishonour to the family.

The couple pinned their daughter down on the sofa and stuffed a carrier bag into her mouth until she turned blue and suffocated in September 2003.

**********BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE********** Undated Police handout photo of Missing Teenager Shafilea Ahmed, 17, from Warrington, Cheshire who has not been seen for more than two months, since September 11. Detectives searching for the Asian teenager said they were investigating whether her disappearance was connected to plans for an arranged marriage. 23/02/03: A body found in a Cumbrian lake three weeks ago has been confirmed as that of missing teenager Shafilea Ahmed, Cheshire Police said. 07/09/04: Police investigating the murder of the student from Warrington, Cheshire, arrested five members of her extended family, of both sexes and a variety of ages, on suspicion of lying to police. Shafelia drank bleach in an apparent attempt to avoid an arranged marriage in Pakistan just months before her disappearance, prompting speculation she may have been the victim of a so-called honour killing.

Shafilea Ahmed, 17, suffered years of abuse at the hands of her parents (Picture: PA)

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gavin Rodgers/REX/Shutterstock (1810118b) Police mugshot of Iftikar Ahmed, father of Shafilea Ahmed Shafilea Ahmed murder case, Britain - 03 Aug 2012 A jury has today found Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed guilty of the murder of their daughter, Shafilea. 17-year-old Warrington school girl Shafilea Ahmed was reported missing by a concerned teacher on 18th September 2003. Police immediately launched a national missing persons enquiry due to serious concerns about her well-being. In February 2004, her body was found on the banks of a river in Cumbria and a murder enquiry began. As the investigation progressed, the available evidence pointed more and more towards her parents playing a part in Shafilea's murder. Then in 2010, her sister Alesha Ahmed, named her parents as being responsible for the murder and told police she has witnessed Shafilea's death.

Her father, Iftikhar Ahmed, had tried to force her into an arranged marriage (Picture: Rex Features)

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gavin Rodgers/REX/Shutterstock (1810118a) Police mugshot of Farzana Ahmed, mother of Shafilea Ahmed Shafilea Ahmed murder case, Britain - 03 Aug 2012 A jury has today found Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed guilty of the murder of their daughter, Shafilea. 17-year-old Warrington school girl Shafilea Ahmed was reported missing by a concerned teacher on 18th September 2003. Police immediately launched a national missing persons enquiry due to serious concerns about her well-being. In February 2004, her body was found on the banks of a river in Cumbria and a murder enquiry began. As the investigation progressed, the available evidence pointed more and more towards her parents playing a part in Shafilea's murder. Then in 2010, her sister Alesha Ahmed, named her parents as being responsible for the murder and told police she has witnessed Shafilea's death.

Farzana Ahmed thought her daughter had shamed the family (Picture: Rex Features)

Her father, Iftikhar Ahmed, then put her body in the back of his car and dumped it 70 miles away from their home in Warrington.

The next day police were alerted when Shafilea wasnt seen at school – but her parents stated she had run away.

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Now one of the teenagers close family friends, Shanin Munir, has helped reveal the extent of the abuse she went through before her death.

In a new documentary called When Missing Turns into Murder, she said Shafileas mum and dad would often call her a whore and a prostitute and beat her if they believed she was misbehaving.

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The teenager dreamed of being a lawyer and had texted boys, although not on her own phone because her parents would check, Shanin said.

She told The Sun: Id heard there were physical beatings and a lot of emotional abuse. Her sister told me her parents would lock Shafilea in the garden.

She wanted to escape her home, for her it was hell.

Shafilea was the oldest child of Farzana and Iftikhar Ahmed, who met through an arranged marriage.

As she got older, she adopted a more Western way of living, taking an interest in fashion and wearing make-up and false nails.

Shanin Munir kept copies of the letters (Picture: AETN)

Her parents tried to curb her rebellious nature and one year arranged a holiday to Pakistan, where they intended to marry her off to a cousin.

Shafilea refused to go and so her father drugged her with sleeping pills as a result.

After awaking in Pakistan, the teenager was so terrified about what would happen she drank bleach in a suicide attempt, severely burning her throat and oesophagus.

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She was rushed to hospital and kept there for two months, while her father and siblings flew back home to the UK.

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When she was well enough to return, he told medical professionals in Warrington that his daughter had mistaken the bleach for mouthwash.

After that, the abuse grew more intense and Shafileas parents planned an honour killing as a way to end the shame she had brought on the family.

During a furious row over her short-sleeved top, they killed her in the living room and made her siblings watch.

Shafileas body was found five months after her death in the River Kent near Sedgwick, Cumbria.

The family put on a funeral and pretended to grieve, but her sister AleRead More – Source

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