Shafilea Ahmed: Parents charged with murder

 

A coroner ruled that Shafilea Ahmed was unlawfully killed

 

The parents of Cheshire schoolgirl Shafilea Ahmed have been charged with her murder.

The 17-year-old was last seen in her home town of Warrington in September 2003.
Her decomposed remains were found on the banks of the River Kent in Cumbria in February 2004.
Iftikhar Ahmed, 51, and Farzana Ahmed, 48, of Liverpool Road, Great Sankey, Warrington, have now been charged with murder, Cheshire Police said.
They are due to appear at Halton Magistrates' Court later.
Mr and Mrs Ahmed were arrested on suspicion of her murder in 2010 and released on police bail.
The Crown Prosecution Service authorised Cheshire Constabulary to charge them on Wednesday.
They have always denied any involvement in their daughter's death.
At an inquest into Ms Ahmed's death, a coroner recorded a verdict of unlawful killing, saying he believed she was probably murdered.