A controlling father who starved his daughter and treated her like a slave has avoided jail.
The 17-year-old was subjected to 11 years of physical and emotional abuse at the taxi driver’s hands.He threw cutlery and a metal pole at her, said he would burn down the house with her in it and threatened to chop her up into pieces.
The Ravensthorpe man labelled the frightened girl a prostitute when she attempted to dress in more western clothing and forced her to wear a headscarf and read the Koran.
He had denied charges of assault and engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour but was found guilty following a trial at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court.
Andy Wills, prosecuting, said that at one point the girl tried to kill herself because of the suffering caused by her domineering, extremely religious Muslim father. [Huddersfield Examiner] Read more
