The Warrington parents of suspected honour killing victim Shafilea Ahmed were granted bail after being charged with the teenager’s murder.

Shafilea's decomposed remains were discovered on the banks of the River Kent at Sedgwick in February 2004, after heavy floods washed away the dense undergrowth where it was hidden.

Father Iftikhar, 51, and mother Farzana, 48, were charged with murder two weeks ago, after “a family member” accused them of murdering the teenager, a bail hearing at Manchester Crown Court heard.

The couple, of Liverpool Road, Warrington, were granted bail with a number of conditions by Mr Justice Richard Henriques.

r Justice Henriques said he would now grant the couple bail as they had been on police bail before and not absconded or sought to interfere with witnesses.

Mr and Mrs Ahmed, who were not in court for the hearing, have always denied any involvement in the death of their daughter.

Bail was granted to the couple on the following conditions: that they reside at the Liverpool Road house in Warrington; that they observe a curfew from 12am until 7am; that they report to Warrington Central Police station every day between noon and 1pm; that both defendants surrender all their passports and make no applications for travel; that sureties in the total sum of £14,500 are put down on them both, along with a £100,000 security from the value of their Warrington house.

Shafilea was most likely strangled or suffocated, a pathologist told her inquest.

South Cumbria coroner Ian Smith later recorded a verdict of unlawful killing, saying he believed the teenager was probably murdered.

A preliminary hearing has been listed at Chester Crown Court on September 27.