06 November 2013

British Muslim girl of aged 14 was forced to marry her husband at gunpoint

The girl, now 17, was also raped by her husband two weeks after the ceremony.

The UK-born teenager was sent to Pakistan by her father and made to marry the man, who was 10 years her senior.

Following the rape attack, she gave birth to his baby on her return to Britain. Despite telling how she was subjected to “harrowing” violence and threatened with a gun to go through with the ceremony, Mr Justice Holman told the High Court he was unable to quash the marriage. [Daily Star] Read more