A man has been jailed for life for murdering his sister after she fell in love with an asylum seeker. Greengrocer Azhar Nazir, 30, and his cousin Imran Mohammed, 17, stabbed Samaira Nazir 18 times at the family home in Southall in April 2005. The 25-year-old recruitment consultant was killed after she asked to marry an Afghan man - instead of marrying The court had earlier heard Samaira fell in love with Salman Mohammed, who befriended the family after arriving in the UK in 2000. They began a secret relationship but when Miss Nazir asked for permission to marry him, her family reacted angrily. Mr Mohammed had been warned by Nazir: "We can get you anywhere if you get married, even if you are not in this country."
The couple had last seen each other about an hour before Miss Nazir was killed. She had tried to talk to her mother about the problem at a relative's house, but her mother refused. The pair returned to the family home. The attack that followed, described by Judge Christopher Moss as barbaric, was witnessed by two young nieces. Miss Nazir tried to flee but her brother dragged her back into the house where the assault continued. A neighbour heard screams and knocked on the door. Nazir told her his sister was suffering a fit, but as she returned to her home she heard Miss Nazir shout "You are not my mother any more".