A Muslim woman with a “very significant degree of learning disability” was beaten and raped after she was forced to marry a cousin in Bangladesh and he was given a visa, court records show.
The man was free to live with her in the Midlands despite her local council knowing she was forced to marry. He later admitted having sex with her and a court was told he was “very rough and abusive, smacking her head, shaking her, and yanking her eyelid”. She was saved after social workers became increasingly concerned for her welfare. [The Times (£)] Read more
