Overview
- Banaz Mahmod, 20, was murdered on January 24, 2006 in a so-called honour killing arranged by her father and uncle, who hired Mohamad Hama.
- Hama raped and strangled Banaz as her cousins Omar Hussain and Mohamad Saleh Ali restrained her, then the men hid her body in a suitcase and buried it in Birmingham where it was found months later.
- Her father, Mahmod Babakir Mahmod, received life with a 20-year minimum and her uncle, Ari Agha Mahmod, received life with a 23-year minimum after 2007 convictions.
- Hama admitted murder and got at least 17 years, while cousins Hussain and Ali were later extradited from Iraq, convicted, and given minimum terms of 22 and 21 years.
- Her sister, Bekhal, now living under a new identity, has voiced ongoing fear and supports a proposed Banaz’s Law to make honour abuse a statutory aggravating factor in sentencing, with the case also retold in ITV’s drama Honour.