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A couple who tricked their teenage daughter into travelling to Bangladesh in an attempt to force her to marry her first cousin have been convicted of forced marriage charges.
A jury of 11 men and one woman at Leeds crown court found the couple, who cannot be named for legal reasons, guilty of using violence, threats or coercion to force their daughter into marriage.
The three-week trial heard that in 2016 the couple’s daughter, then 18, was taken out of college during term time for what she thought was a six-week holiday to Bangladesh to see family and celebrate Eid.
Michelle Colborne QC, prosecuting, said the victim was told of the marriage plans less than a week after arriving in the country.