GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY in Shafia honour killings

Agent 3 reports that the jury in the Shafia honour killing trial has found all three accused -- (r-l Mohammad Shafia, 59, his second wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 42, and their eldest son, Hamed, 21) -- guilty of first degree murder on all four counts of murdering Hamed's three sisters, daughters of Mohammed and Tooba.


Mr. Justice Robert Maranger of the Superior Court of Ontario called the crimes "heinous, despicable and onerous". And, he said, "all for the sake of a sick and twisted concept of 'honour' which has no place in any civilized society."

The three Muslim murderers were immediately and automatically sentenced to life without parole for 25 years.

Click here to read the Globe and Mail's update. For Walt's previous posts on these honour killings, enter "Shafia" in the search box.