Call to Straw on Zoora Shah

London - Supporters of Zoora Shah, jailed for life for poisoning her partner with arsenic, called on the British Home Secretary…

London - Supporters of Zoora Shah, jailed for life for poisoning her partner with arsenic, called on the British Home Secretary yesterday to reduce her sentence.

Shah lost an appeal against her murder conviction earlier this year and has been told she must serve at least 20 years in jail.

Campaigners claim she was a victim of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her victim, Mohammed Azam, for more than 12 years before she could finally stand no more.

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