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| Grandmother guilty of murder plot | Grandmother guilty of murder plot |
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| A 70-year-old grandmother and her son have been found guilty of murdering his wife in a so-called "honour killing". | A 70-year-old grandmother and her son have been found guilty of murdering his wife in a so-called "honour killing". |
| Prosecutors told the Old Bailey Bachan Athwal and her son Sukhdave Athwal, 43, both from Hayes, west London, arranged her murder to defend the family honour. | Prosecutors told the Old Bailey Bachan Athwal and her son Sukhdave Athwal, 43, both from Hayes, west London, arranged her murder to defend the family honour. |
| Surjit Athwal, 27, who wanted a divorce, went missing in 1998 after going to the Punjab with Mrs Athwal. | |
| Mrs Athwal and her son were found guilty at the Old Bailey of murder and conspiracy to murder. | Mrs Athwal and her son were found guilty at the Old Bailey of murder and conspiracy to murder. |
| Surjit Athwal, originally from Coventry, had worked as a customs officer at Heathrow Airport and married Sukhdave, who worked as a driver at the airport, when she was 16. | |
| She never returned from a trip with Bachan to a family wedding in India in December 1998. Her body has never been found. | |
| Later, the grandmother of 16 children boasted that she had got rid of her by getting a relative to strangle her and throw her body into a river in the Punjab. | |
| Bachan took charge of Surjit's young daughter, getting the girl to call her "mummy", the Old Bailey heard. |