British-Sikh Woman Jailed For Killing Daughter-In-Law Freed After 16 Years
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Bachan Kaur Athwal was ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years in prison (Representational)London: An 86-year-old British-Sikh woman imprisoned for the murder of her daughter-in-law in a so-called "honour killing" 25 years ago has been released from jail after 16 years.Bachan Kaur Athwal was found guilty of ordering the murder of her 27-year-old daughter-in-law, Surjit Kaur Athwal, after being lured to India in 1998.According to The Sun newspaper, it has only emerged this week that she was freed in August last year.She was ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years in prison by Judge Giles Forrester but the Parole Board recommended that Bachan Kaur Athwal, said to have been in poor health, should be released on licence four years earlier, the newspaper said.Bachan Kaur Athwal was jaile...