'Honor Killings' Trial: Yaser Said takes stand in his own defense, denies killing daughters

Through an interpreter Yaser Said says he "for sure did not" kill his daughters Sarah and Amina. He is facing capital murder charges in their 2008 deaths.

A Dallas jury unanimously found Yaser Said guilty of killing his two teen daughters, Sarah and Amina Said.

Judge Chika Anyiam sentenced Said to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Prosecutors said Said, a native of Egypt, was angry that his daughters were dating and that the boys were not Muslim. They claim in a 911 call from the night of the murders, Sarah said her father was attacking her.

Said's defense attorney said he will be filing a notice to appeal.

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