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When asked by the prosecution about his mother's claims, he said: "Well obviously, I think it's a lie what she is saying, but that's her personal account to give. The prosecution claims Shafilea was killed by her parents because they thought she had brought shame on the family through her desire to lead a Westernised lifestyle.

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Murder claim was 'wicked story'. Shafilea sister talks of 'relief'. Sister 'drank bleach in Pakistan'. The judge described how Ahmed had been "drawn into" protecting her parents, saying: "You were forced for years to carry this darkest of secrets", and described the violence the couple's children had been subjected to. Outlining the case, prosecutor Owen Edwards said: "This is a case of truly remarkable background. He said Farzana Ahmed, son Junayde, daughter Mevish, and a younger daughter who cannot be named, were the victims of a "terrifying armed robbery" by three masked men.

The court heard that, in what the prosecution described as either an abortive first attempt at the robbery or to check out the house, Ahmed, who was not living there at the time, visited in the early hours of August 25 She later left and was seen getting into a car with three Asian men, who she told her mother were trying to get money that she owed them.

That same evening she visited again. After her father went to mosque, she contacted her accomplices and unlocked the door. Junayde Ahmed was kicked as he lay on the ground by a man wearing a steel toe-capped boot, and Mevish was hit in the shoulder with the hammer, the court heard. One neighbour, whose attention had been drawn by the noise, heard Farzana Ahmed shout at Alesha: "This is down to you, you rotten bitch, you were texting all night and you opened the door to them.

Police who arrived noticed the hostility between her and her family, the court heard, and were worried for her safety. Ahmed originally denied the robbery, until text messages were recovered showing her communicating with the robbers. Isabella Forshall QC, mitigating, said Ahmed - "a young woman of irreproachable good character" - had wanted to be sentenced before her parents' trial so nobody would think she had made a deal.

Alesha, who gave evidence at Chester crown court from behind a screen, sobbed as she said: "They both started hitting her. She was scared as usual. Her father held Shafilea down "with his legs" and she kicked her legs in protest. Alesha said she could see Shafilea's eyes open really wide "and she was just gasping for air. She wet herself because she was struggling so much". Then she stopped struggling.

Her parents kept their hands on her mouth "even when she'd stopped struggling" for seconds. Previously she told how her mother was "not happy" about her sister's choice of western clothing that night — she was wearing a T-shirt and white stretchy trousers. Her parents, Iftikhar Ahmed, 52, and Farzana, 49, deny murder.

Alesha described being frozen in shock. I remember shortly afterwards he punched her in the chest for no reason. Her sister was not moving but her eyes were open.

The court has heard Shafilea was subjected to a campaign of domestic abuse after she refused to conform to her parents' wishes.

She drank bleach in Pakistan and ran away from home. After her death, when Alesha was upstairs with her siblings, her two sisters were upset but her then year-old brother was not. He told her "she deserved it".