(ABC-Australia) A Victorian mother has been found guilty of forcing her daughter to marry a man, who later went on to murder the young bride.
A jury today found Sakina Muhammad Jan, from Shepparton, guilty of coercing her daughter Ruqia Haidari into marrying Perth man Mohammad Ali Halimi in November 2019.
Ms Haidari, then aged 21, was killed by her new husband six weeks later.
Halimi used a kitchen knife to slash her throat and then called the brother of the victim, telling him: “Come and get the dead body of your sister.”
Halimi was sentenced to life in prison by a Western Australian court, while Ms Haidari’s mother was also charged with forcing her daughter into the marriage after a federal police investigation.
