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Shafilia Ahmed wanted to be a lawyer and to make her own relationship choices. But her parents judged the 17 year old's aspirations to be shameful to the family, so they killed her and made their other children watch the consequences of perceived dishonour.
Banaz Mahmod had been forced into an abusive, violent marriage. When she fled and was seen kissing another man in public the so-called honour code was applied. She was raped, garrotted and her body packed in a suitcase.
When Surjit Atwal sought refuge from her abusive arranged marriage by enjoying nights out with friends she'd made through a new job, her mother-in-law arranged for her to be lured out of the country and killed.
What country? India? Pakistan? The Middle East?
No. All three of these victims of honour crime grew up in England.
