Man charged over 'honour' killing (From Northwich Guardian)

Man charged over 'honour' killing

12:10am Saturday 20th March 2010 in National News © Press Association 2011

A man is appearing in court charged with the murder of a woman whose decomposed body was found in a suitcase.

Banaz Mahmod, 20, disappeared from her family home in Mitcham, south London, in January 2006 and her body was discovered in Handsworth, Birmingham, three months later.

Omar Hussain, 30, of Messenger Road, Smethwick, Birmingham, will face Greenwich Magistrates' Court on Saturday charged with her murder.

He is also charged with the attempted kidnap of Rahmat Suleimani, Miss Mahmod's boyfriend, and with attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Miss Mahmod began a relationship with Mr Suleimani after leaving an unhappy arranged marriage.

Her father Mahmod Mahmod, uncle Ari Mahmod and a third man, Mohamad Hama, were jailed for life in 2007 for the so-called "honour" killing.

Mr Suleimani was deemed unsuitable because he did not come from the small group of villages in Iraqi Kurdistan where the Mahmods originated.