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| A coroner in the inquest of 17-year-old Shafilea Ahmed has said he believes she was murdered. | A coroner in the inquest of 17-year-old Shafilea Ahmed has said he believes she was murdered. |
| The decomposed body of the teenager, of Liverpool Road, Warrington, was found on a Cumbrian riverbank in 2004 after she went missing in September 2003. | The decomposed body of the teenager, of Liverpool Road, Warrington, was found on a Cumbrian riverbank in 2004 after she went missing in September 2003. |
| At an inquest in Kendal, south Cumbrian coroner Ian Smith said he believed she was murdered. | At an inquest in Kendal, south Cumbrian coroner Ian Smith said he believed she was murdered. |
| He said she was genuinely afraid, rightly or wrongly, that her parents were planning to arrange her marriage. | He said she was genuinely afraid, rightly or wrongly, that her parents were planning to arrange her marriage. |
| Drank bleach | |
| Earlier in the hearing, community and homelessness workers said the teenager had approached them for help to find accommodation or a place in a refuge to escape from her parents, whom she claimed before her death, were forcing her into an arranged marriage. | |
| She also confided to her friends that her parents beat her and stole £2,000 from her bank account. | |
| Shafilea went missing on 11 September 2003 shortly after returning from a trip to Pakistan, where she is believed to have drank bleach after meeting a possible suitor. | |
| But it was a teacher at Great Sankey High School, which she attended, who reported her missing. | |
| Her body was found in February 2004, only dental records and jewellery could help police identify her. |