Victorian woman felt her voice was taken away before mother allegedly forced her to marry older man, court told

Sakina Muhammad Jan accused of forcing daughter Ruqia Haidari to marry ‘someone she did not know’

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A young woman felt like her voice and future were being taken away when her mother allegedly coerced her into marrying an older man from another state, a jury has been told.

Prosecutors have accused Sakina Muhammad Jan, from Victoria’s north, of forcing her 20-year-old daughter into marrying a man from Western Australia in 2019.

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