Saturday, March 5, 2016

MURDERING TRIO ASK FOR NEW TRIAL

The evidence against a father, mother and son convicted of murdering the couple’s three daughters and another woman was so “overwhelming” that it could only have led to guilty verdicts, Crown lawyers argued Friday as they sought to block the trio’s attempts at new trials.
Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Yahya and their son, Hamed, claim the trial judge made several errors including allowing “highly prejudicial” expert evidence on so-called honour killings.
 
 

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