Terrified mum forced to marry first cousin and endure 23 years of abuse
dailyrecord.co.ukA terrified mum has detailed her abusive forced marriage, with her family warning her: "You don't divorce, you live and die with your husband; it doesn't matter what they're like."Afraid of her aggressive husband, as well as the stigma of becoming a divorcee within an Asian community, she endured 23 years of horrifying abuse at the hands of the first cousin she was made to marry.
Throughout her marriage, the Birmingham mum was strangled, hit, controlled and verbally abused - including in front of her children, Birmingham Live reports.
She said: "He messed up my life. It's left me feeling vulnerable, I don't trust", speaking out to raise awareness of the impact of domestic violence among ethnic minority groups."Ethnic minorities don't speak up.
I think it's more difficult in the Asian culture."The mum told how her new husband 'took over her life' after she was forced to marry him aged just 20 in Pakistan.
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