TEENAGER CONVICTED OF 'HONOUR KILLING' TO BE RELEASED FROM PRISON
A man who was ordered by his father to carry out an "honour killing" when he was a teenager has been cleared for release from prison.Chomir Ali directed his sons Mujibar Rahman and Mamnoor Rahman to kill a university student who had impregnated his daughter.
The victim, Arash Ghorbani-Zarin, 19, was found with 46 stab wounds in his car in Oxford in November 2004.
In 2005, Ali and his two sons were convicted of murder at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, where Mr Justice Gross described it as a "cold-blooded intentional killing".
The judge stated, "Far from vindicating your family's honour you have permanently dishonoured your family with the stain of murder." Mamnoor Rahman, who was 15 at the time, was sentenced to serve a minimum of 14 years behind bars.
A Parole Board document noted that Rahman had difficulties managing his anger, tended to brood, and was willing to use violence and carry a weapon at the time of the killing.
However, since then, he had accepted responsibility for his actions.
He was moved to an open prison in 2017, and there had been no concerns about his behaviour since.
A spokesperson emphasized that decisions on release are based solely on assessing the risk the prisoner may pose to the public, and that his release is subject to licensing conditions, including living arrangements, contact limitations, and restrictions on activities and movements.
