Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Teenager battered for refusing arranged marriage after father sold her as £10,000 bride...


A brave teenager has spoken for the first time of the harrowing ordeal of being beaten up in an arranged marriage after her father tried to sell her for £10,000.

The 15-year-old girl was tricked into flying to Pakistan then forced to marry a 31-year-old man so he could get a British passport.

She has described how she feared she would died after being hit, scarred with broken glass and locked up for reusing to get married.

Her harrowing story has been revealed as part of BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat investigation into forced marriages. More...

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