Supreme Court of Pakistan delivers verdict in brutal hammer killing of parents
Key takeaways
- Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Taimoor Sattar and upheld two life sentences for murdering his parents.
- The court ruled that both life terms will run consecutively, one after the other.
- According to the verdict, Sattar killed his father and mother with hammer blows after they refused to transfer property to his name.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Taimoor Sattar and upheld two life sentences for murdering his parents. Justice Hashim Khan Kakar authored the judgment issued Tuesday, ARY News reported.
The court ruled that both life terms will run consecutively, one after the other. It called the killing of helpless parents inside their own home one of the most serious offenses. The judgment said parent murder strikes at the moral and social fabric of society.
According to the verdict, Sattar killed his father and mother with hammer blows after they refused to transfer property to his name. A trial court had awarded him the death penalty. The high court later commuted that to life imprisonment on two counts.