Teenage mother was abused by older Asian men from the age of 11, stabbed and drowned in a canal by her 'boyfriend' in an 'honour killing' - now her family back calls for inquiry into grooming gangs 'c
Daily MailThe family of a murdered teenage girl who was Britain's first white honour killing victim have condemned a grooming gangs 'cover-up' and backed calls for a new national inquiry into the scandal. Laura Wilson, 17, was stabbed more than 40 times and left to die in a canal in Rotherham in October 2010 - becoming Britain's first recognised white honour killing victim Ashtiar Ashgar was convicted in 2012 of Laura Wilson's murder and sentenced to life in prison, ordered to serve at least 17 and a half years behind bars Murdered Laura Wilson's older sister Sarah has been posting on X, formerly Twitter, backing calls for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs after being a victim herself Laura was stabbed more than 40 times by Asghar before he hurled her into the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Canal in October 2010 and used his blade to hold her under the water. Laura Wilson was stabbed more than 40 times by Ashtiaq Asghar before he forced her into the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Canal in October 2010 Laura's sister Sarah Wilson, a survivor of sex abuse in Rotherham, has spoken out in favour of an 'independent investigation' into grooming gangs The council went to court in an attempt to tried to suppress the hidden information after an uncensored copy of the report was leaked to the Times newspaper, before abandoning legal action. Just days before she was murdered on October 12 2010, Laura Wilson told the family of Ashtiaq Asghar about her relationship with him 'I was 11 when my grooming first started, I was around 16 years old when I was too old for them - I’m 34 this year and I still live with that mental torture every single day.