Parents convicted in UK for arranging child marriages of sons in Pakistan
A couple from the East Midlands has been convicted for arranging child marriages for their teenage sons in Pakistan. They received a two-month suspended sentence and community service after taking the boys to find brides. The case highlights the enforcement of child marriage laws in the UK, which now set the minimum marriage age at 18.
- ▪The couple took their 17-year-old sons to Pakistan specifically to arrange marriages.
- ▪One son was married in a nikah ceremony, while the other refused a proposed match.
- ▪The parents initially denied their intentions but later pleaded guilty to the charges.
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A husband and wife from the East Midlands region of England have been convicted of child marriage offences after arranging to take their two teenage sons to Pakistan for nikah.The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the British Pakistani couple from Nottingham, who cannot be named to protect the identities of the underage victims, took the boys to Pakistan when they were 17, "with the specific purpose of finding them someone to marry".They were handed a two-month suspended sentence and 100 hours of unpaid community work at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday.
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