The police and prosecutors were not convinced and suspected that Mohammed had been instructed to kill Samaira by other members of the family, with prosecutor Nazir Afzal stating: "We knew there was a wider web of guilt (...) We had to break the omertà, the code of silence. We knew the people involved would not talk."
The police and prosecutors were unconvinced, suspecting that Mohammed had been instructed to kill Samaira by other family members, with prosecutor Nazir Afzal stating: "We knew there was a wider web of guilt (...) We had to break the code of silence, the omertà."