(NCA NewsWire) A woman who forced her daughter to marry a man against her wishes, before he later murdered her in a “fit of rage,” has refused to sign a document that will release her from prison early.
Judge Fran [Dalziel] jailed Sakina Muhammad Jan, 47 or 48, for three years in the County Court of Victoria on Monday.
But in an emotional outburst that involved family members, Jan refused to sign a recognisance release order that would allow her to serve two years in the community.
“I’ve done nothing wrong I cannot accept … I cannot be locked in,” she said through a translator.
A recognisance release order allows a judge to partially, or wholly, suspend a jail sentence, and the offender serves the sentence in the community under conditions.
