She was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the 2012 New Year Honours[1] for leading the investigation into the murder of Banaz Mahmod.
She wrote a book[2] about the case which also featured as a TV drama, Honour starring Keeley Hawes.
[3][4] Her work on the case involved convictions of the first ever men extradited from Iraq to the UK.
She continued to work to train other police officers nationally and internationally to understand Honour Based Violence.
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