I wanted to face my niece’s killer – he was too cowardly

I stressed how, for our family, hope, happiness, and faith in humanity died with her (Picture: Farah Naz)In December 2022, I stood in court and read a statement about someone I loved: my niece, Zara Aleena. While I was told by the Crown Prosecution Service not to mention what had been done to her – how she’d been sexually assaulted and murdered six months prior – or to direct any words to her killer, nor to express anything too personal, I still stood and spoke. I to