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'Honour' crimes have no place in English law, says judge

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A senior judge has called for an end to the use of the phrase “honour killings” to describe what is “in reality sordid, criminal behaviour".

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Published by Hannah Wooderson for 24dash.com in Local Government
Monday 23rd February 2009 - 4:40pm

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Lancashire Police obtained its first ever Forced Marriage Protection Order against the unnamed woman's father.

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31 December 2008

By Lisa Nightingale
Crime reporter

SOUTH Tyneside has its first worker to help victims of forced marriage and so called 'honour' violence.

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A CAMPAIGNING teenager determined to see her mother’s killers brought to justice has launched a regional helpline first piloted on Teesside.

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WEST YORKSHIRE has been at the forefront of a study into so-called honour crime.

The county has been one of four areas nationwide closely studying the scale of the problem.

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27/10/2008

VICTIMS of so-called 'honour' crimes need better protection and could even be offered a new identity police has announced.

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UK police were criticised over their handling of the "honour" killing of Banaz Mahmod in 2006 [AP]

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