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The body of a 20-year-old woman was so badly decomposed it was not possible to determine how she died, a murder trial has heard.She was discovered 11 days after disappearing from her home in Binnie Street.Bradford Crown Court heard how the Leeds Beckett University student had been living with another of her uncles after her parents had been issued with a Forced Marriage Protection Order.
Dr Hope told the jury she was satisfied there was "trauma, including potential assault prior to death" and agreed that was "consistent with Somaiya Begum being killed". The pathologist said the decomposition of the neck had removed her ability to ascertain whether Miss Begum had been strangled. The jury had earlier heard how Miss Begum's extended family was split in two by a feud and Mr Pitter told the jury that they may hear the death explained in terms of an "inappropriately named honour killing".Mr Khan, of Thornbury Road, Bradford, denies murder but has admitted perverting the course of justice.
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