By Nancie L. Katz
A father convicted of torturing a relative of his runaway daughter's lover found sympathy from a judge Monday - getting just five years in jail instead of the maximum 25 years.
"I miss my daughter. My house is like a cemetery," cried Javed Khalid, whose daughter, Maryam, 15, ran away with her boyfriend two years ago, spurning a wealthy suitor her Pakistani family chose for her.
"My little son cries for his sister everyday," he told Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Joel Goldberg. "I don't know if she's alive or dead. Help me, please!" Read more ...
A father convicted of torturing a relative of his runaway daughter's lover found sympathy from a judge Monday - getting just five years in jail instead of the maximum 25 years.
"I miss my daughter. My house is like a cemetery," cried Javed Khalid, whose daughter, Maryam, 15, ran away with her boyfriend two years ago, spurning a wealthy suitor her Pakistani family chose for her.
"My little son cries for his sister everyday," he told Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Joel Goldberg. "I don't know if she's alive or dead. Help me, please!" Read more ...
Source: New York Daily News
H/T: Atlas
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