Undisclosed 34 year old man from South Wales, United Kingdown was convicted of forcing someone to marry and was awarded with 16 years of imprisonment. He is pleaded guilty to four counts of rape, one count of bigamy and one count of voyeurism.
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Forced marriage in UK was criminalized under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and this act came into force on June 16, 2014. This imprisonment is Britain’s first ever judgement on forced marriage. It is established that the man between March and September 2014, repeatedly raped and threatened his victim before forcing her to marry him against her
UK also announced that this act will apply to Indian and Pakistani communities who forced their daughters into marriage during a trip to their native countries during the summer holidays. This Act will also apply to those who force a UK national into marriage outside the UK an offence under domestic law.
