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| Dad charged with threat to kill Harry Potter star |
| 2010-07-03 |
| The father and brother of an actress who starred in the Harry Potter films have been charged with threatening to kill her. Afshan Azad, 22, has appeared in four of the movies as Padma Patil, a classmate of the young wizard. She was allegedly attacked at her home in Longsight, Manchester, on May 21 this year. Now her father Abdul Azad, 54, and brother, Ashraf Azad, 28, both of Beresford Road, Longsight, have appeared in court. Abdul is accused of threatening to kill his daughter and Ashraf of threatening to kill and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his sister. Both men appeared at Manchester magistrates court and the case was adjourned until later this month for committal proceedings to crown court. Afshan was studying for her AS levels at the Xaverian College in Rusholme when she was first cast in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She has since appeared in three more of the wizard movies and is in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, due for release next year. Her character was a witch who was in the same year as Harry at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and is the identical twin sister of Parvati Patil, played by actress Shefila Chowdhury. Before being picked to play the part Afshan had never done any acting. She has admitted she only went to the audition at her former school -- Whalley Range High School for Girls -- for a laugh with her school friends. She appeared in the films while continuing her studies and once had ambitions to be a journalist. After landing her first part in The Goblet of Fire she told the M.E.N. it was 'the best experience of my life' adding 'The first day we had to do a cast read through, where we go through the whole script. I was a bit star struck. I was a big Harry Potter fan." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 You are corrected: MUSLIM. JihadWatch has more: The charges follow an alleged "honour" argument in the Muslim family's home about Afshan's friendship with a Hindu man. Also: Stockholm Syndrome: Harry Potter actress pleads with police to drop charges against father and brother who threatened to murder her in honor killing |
| Posted by: ed 2010-07-03 13:09 |
| #3 HINDU, HINDU, HINDU. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the Hindu ROP kind of problem -- not the Islamofascist ROP problem. Guess there are a lot of religions out there that don't think self-sacrifice, humility and forgiveness are virtues . . . |
| Posted by: cingold 2010-07-03 12:59 |
| #2 Harry Potter and the Relinquishment of Honour |
| Posted by: Bacon in the Mosque horror 2010-07-03 07:22 |
| #1 Religion of Peace. Repeat after me. etc. etc. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2010-07-03 00:52 |