ON February 5 2003, seven months before she was murdered, Shafilea Ahmed made an emergency application for housing to social services.
This is a copy of her statement during which she requested a one-bedroom flat, anywhere in the town but Great Sankey.
Left Accommodation because of violence/threats of violence
Q How would re-housing help to minimise the risk?
A Remove me from the situation.
Q Nature and extent of violence or threats of violence?
A Regular incidents since I was 15/16. One parent would hold me while the other hit me. I was prevented from attending college and my part-time job.
Q What impact has this had on your physical and mental health and wellbeing?
A Scared of going back to my parents. Frightened enough to flee my home.
Applicant’s description of events leading to situation
There had been a build up of violence towards me and my mother told me I was about to go to Pakistan to have an arranged marriage.
My mother had started to pack and my parents had been into school and informed teachers that I would be absent to go to Pakistan.
My teachers have approached my parents in the past about them preventing me from attending school and threatened to get social services involved.
I would prefer to stay in Warrington and I feel that if I was offered accommodation my parents would leave me alone because of the involvement of the police, school, Connexions etc.
Client signature S.Ahmed 5/2/03 (5th February 2003)
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