Woman is wife in a polygamous Islamic marriage to Bangladeshi man
39-year-old is unable to make decisions about having sex, judge says
Judge asked to consider if she should leave care facility and go home
Husband had wanted her to be cared for at her home in London

A husband has been banned from having sex with his wife by a High Court judge because she does not know she can refuse his advances, it was revealed yesterday.

The unidentified Bangladeshi man, who lives in east London, claimed he has the right under his Islamic culture to have sex with the mentally-disabled woman aged 39 whenever he pleases.

He has already taken the wife's cousin as a second ‘wife’ in a polygamous Islamic marriage and had two children with her - although still demands the right to have sex with his first wife.

But with a mental age of four to eight, the wife - identified only as ‘TB’ - has been taken into care under the Mental Health Act by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets where the family lived.

All their four children have also been taken into care because she does not have the ability to care for them. But the husband - SA - married to her for 18 years, wanted her back home.

A Family Division judge refused this in an anonymised judgment released yesterday.

Mr Justice Mostyn said: ‘The evidence clearly shows that TB has barely an inkling of the health risks involved. She was unable to link sex to pregnancy.

‘Indeed she had virtually no idea how her babies came to be in her tummy (as she put it). Although she found sex enjoyable and comfortable she had no idea that she had a choice and could refuse.

‘Indeed the attitude of SA, based, as he told me on his culture and religion, was that he had a right to seek sex from her and that it was her duty to submit.’

The judge said efforts to enlighten TB about sex, her rights, and the risks involved had failed.

He added: ‘It is doubtful that TB has ever had the capacity to decide to have sex, notwithstanding that she has had four children.’

The couple had a ‘volatile’ relationship and there were instances of domestic violence when the husband lost his temper.

After their elder children had been taken into care the judge said it was ‘heartless’ of the husband to make her pregnant again knowing the child would be taken away at birth.

The judge said: ‘Sex is a, if not the, basic animal instinct. It is a very powerful instinct. Without it animal (or any) life would not exist.

Our modern society views with repugnance and amazement those barbarous relics that once said, for example, that a man can force sex on his wife

Mr Justice Mostyn, judge

‘Nature has made it intensely pleasurable in order to seek to ensure the propagation of the species.

Most physically fit humans are mechanically capable of engaging in sex irrespective of their mental capacity.

‘Although it is a powerful instinct (I myself would not describe it as visceral) it still requires a positive choice and society demands that that choice is freely exercised by both parties.

‘Our modern society views with repugnance and amazement those barbarous relics that once said, for example, that a man can force sex on his wife.’

Her husband wanted her to come home so he could have sex with his two wives on alternate days, said the judge.

He added: 'The right to family life is a qualified right and the evidence overwhelmingly suggests that it is in her best interests that she should live apart from SA.

For this reason also it is necessary that SA's right to a family life is compromised.’

He also declared that she did not have the capacity to consent to sex and should be held in accommodation where she received 24-hour care, with the situation reviewed every six months.

The judge said the polygamous marriage was valid under Islamic law but invalid in the UK.

Staff at a Government department have been urged to avoid writing the words “Merry Christmas” in seasonal email greetings to avoid upsetting anyone.

Instead, employees at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have reportedly been advised to stick to the more neutral term “Seasons Greetings”.

In a memo circulated around the department, recipients were also warned that images on their e-cards should not feature skin, according to The Sun.

The message, destined to bring accusations of cancelling Christmas raining down on the department, read: "As an organisation of multiple faiths and agnostics serving a community of the same and in the interest of inclusion, I'd avoid images with skin."

John O'Connell from the TaxPayers' Alliance told the newspaper: "This is tinsel-wrapped idiocy. Christmas is expensive enough for families without subsidising a civil servant to think up politically correct claptrap."

But a DECC spokesman denied any formal guidance about festive cards had been issued.

Moreover Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary, had used the word Christmas three times in his personal message to staff, he added.

The memo comes after it emerged that the equality and diversity team at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust had issued its staff with a set of guidelines intended to avoid legal action by any employees claiming they had been discriminated against because of the choice of timing, venue or catering for their Christmas events this year.

The briefing suggested choosing a time for the office Christmas party that was suitable for mothers so as to avoid being accused of sex discrimination and providing food that would be suitable for guests of all religions.

Neither DECC nor the NHS Trust is the first public body to face ridicule for an alleged excess of political correctness during the festive period.

In 1997 and 1998, Birmingham City Council ran a three-month promotional campaign called Winterval.

It included celebrations of Hallowe’en, Bonfire Night, Diwali, Ramadan, Eid, Hannukah, Advent, Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve and Chinese New Year.

Although never intended to serve as a substitute for Christmas, the term Winterval is still cited as a prime example of the so-called war on Christmas
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Islamic Faith building sign and Eric Pickles

Birmingham charity Islamic Help said Eric Pickles had "besmirched" its reputation

Two Muslim charities have lost their grants after the government claimed they had links with Islamist extremism.

A spokesman for Birmingham-based Islamic Help, said it was "surprised, dismayed and angered" by the action.

The Muslim Charities Forum (MCF), said the decision was based on "unfounded allegations".

The Department for Communities and Local Government said it would not fund any group "linked to individuals who fuel hatred, division and violence".

In a written statement the Secretary of State for the department, Eric Pickles, claimed Islamic Help had invited "an individual with extremist views" to speak at an event, and that the MCF - an umbrella organisation for Muslim charities - had "failed to reassure us that they have robust measures in place to investigate and challenge their members."

A spokesman for Islamic Help said the speaker alleged to have extremist views had not been identified to them.

The DCLG has so far refused to name him or her publicly.

'Not political platforms'

The spokesman for Islamic Help, which provides emergency relief following major disasters and has worked in Gaza, the Central African Republic and Syria, has said its events are to raise money for humanitarian work and not political platforms.

He said although the amount of money they would lose [about £7,000] was a "drop in the ocean", the move "besmirches the reputation and integrity" of people who had taken part in their campaigns.

The charity had not received any notification from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), the spokesman said.

Mr Pickles said only programmes which "uphold fundamental British values" would receive aid.

Both Islamic Help and the MCF had received the money through the Faith Minorities in Action project, which was set up by the DCLG in March last year.

The scheme, established in conjunction with the Extremism Task Force, was designed to encourage integration by promoting interfaith work, the role of women in faith, tackling youth crime and to provide child protection training.

'Best practice'

The Muslim Charities Forum was awarded the contract to implement the scheme, which included running workshops to "share experiences and best practice on addressing a wide variety of social and community issues".

Mr Pickles said the MCF had not been meeting objectives and was unable to reassure him that the body was sufficiently rigorous over its members' activities.

The MCF said it was unaware of any perceived failings, and that it had not been contacted by the DCLG about the decision to stop the cash.

A spokesman for the forum said: "We will continue to foster cooperation and positive relationships between Muslim charities and other faith and community groups.

"We have responded to the DCLG to reassure them of our processes, the vital importance of the work we do, and of the Faith Minorities in Action project."

The DCLG is due to launch a new call for applications from organisations able to work in collaboration with faith groups and to deliver effective support, Mr Pickles said.

The Qur’an has Allah telling Muhammad that he has given him girls as sex slaves: “Prophet, We have made lawful to you the wives to whom you have granted dowries and the slave girls whom God has given you as booty.” (Qur’an 33:50)

Muhammad bought slaves: “Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported: There came a slave and pledged allegiance to Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) on migration; he (the Holy Prophet) did not know that he was a slave. Then there came his master and demanded him back, whereupon Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Sell him to me. And he bought him for two black slaves, and he did not afterwards take allegiance from anyone until he had asked him whether he was a slave (or a free man).” (Muslim 3901)

Muhammad took female Infidel captives as slaves: “Narrated Anas: The Prophet offered the Fajr Prayer near Khaibar when it was still dark and then said, ‘Allahu-Akbar! Khaibar is destroyed, for whenever we approach a (hostile) nation (to fight), then evil will be the morning for those who have been warned.’ Then the inhabitants of Khaibar came out running on the roads. The Prophet had their warriors killed, their offspring and woman taken as captives. Safiya was amongst the captives. She first came in the share of Dahya Alkali but later on she belonged to the Prophet. The Prophet made her manumission as her ‘Mahr.’” (Bukhari 5.59.512) Mahr is bride price: Muhammad freed her and married her. But he didn’t do this to all his slaves:

Muhammad owned slaves: “Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah’s Apostle was on a journey and he had a black slave called Anjasha, and he was driving the camels (very fast, and there were women riding on those camels). Allah’s Apostle said, ‘Waihaka (May Allah be merciful to you), O Anjasha! Drive slowly (the camels) with the glass vessels (women)!’” (Bukhari 8.73.182) There is no mention of Muhammad’s freeing Anjasha.

“Squalid homes of freed slaves,” Oldham Evening Standard, December 17, 2014

Police have released images of the squalor that they say 10 alleged slave-workers had to endure in Rochdale after two men were charged and three others arrested in connection with enslavement and trafficking offences.
As the Chronicle reported yesterday, 20 east European men and women were rescued after police swooped on a picture framing factory in Ings Lane, Rochdale.
Greater Manchester Police officers — alongside partner agency teams from Rochdale Council, the Home Office and HMRC — executed a warrant at the factory on Monday.
The search warrant was executed at part of the Caldershaw Centre, on Monday as part of Operation Retriever, which is designed to tackle human trafficking in Rochdale.
It is alleged that the men and women who lived there were paid £25 for an 80-hour week after deductions for rent and travel.
Images released by police also show the shocking conditions in which the workers were living. They were all cramped into one small terraced house in Rochdale which had plaster falling from the damp-infested walls.
As a result of the warrants Mohammed Iqbal (51), of Belmont Way, Rochdale, and Najum Mohammed Iqbal (40), of Harrison Close, Rochdale, were both charged yesterday with knowingly requiring another person to perform forced or compulsory labour.
Two other men, aged 34 and 43 were arrested on suspicion of the same offences, while a 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of immigration offences. All three have been bailed an are due to appear before court.
A police spokesman said: “Of the 20 people found to have been working in the factory, 13 men and women, all from Slovakia, are now thought to have been victims of the enforced labour and trafficking offences….

David Souaan, 20, was arrested at Heathrow trying to flee for Syria in May
Wealthy student posed with guns and tanks but said he was an extremist
Claimed that pictures were just to make him 'look cool' and were 'trophies'
Police discovered cache of extremist material on his laptop and iPhone
One film of a man having throat cut was too graphic to show to the court
Old Bailey jury took just nine hours to convict him of terror offences
Souaan sobbed as judge warned him that jail sentence was 'inevitable'

A radical Muslim student who wanted a black flag of Islam flown over Downing Street sobbed today as he was found guilty of planning to join rebel forces in Syria.

David Souaan, 20, was accused of preparing for terrorist acts in the war-torn country and was stopped by anti-terror police at Heathrow on May 31.

The prosecution said he had visited in December last year and was on his way back to fight the jihadist cause when he was arrested.

Facing jail: David Souaan, 20, who posed with this Kalashnikov on a trip to Syria last year and was arrested at Heathrow because he planned to return, sobbed as he was found guilty of terror offences today

Guilty: An Old Bailey jury took just nine hours to reject Souaan's claims he only held the weapons because he 'wanted to look cool' - instead deciding he was an extremist who planned to fight in Syria

He posed in Syria with machine guns and on a tank but he claimed he only held the weapons because he 'wanted to look cool' and the photographs were just to keep as 'trophies'.

The Birkbeck College student, who comes from a wealthy family in Serbia, insisted his earlier visit to Syria was to collect his grandfather's belongings.

But a jury took nine hours to find him guilty following a trial at the Old Bailey.

Souaan, the son of a Serbian Christian mother and Syrian Muslim father, grew up in his mother's country but still had close family ties to Syria and had adopted his father's religion.

Warning: Souaan, pictured left in his police mugshot, was studying in the UK but fellow students tipped off police because he was spouting radical views and was showing pictures of himself with guns, right

Cache: The court was shown this picture of Souaan on top of a tank and holding a machine gun - but one video clip on his iPhone was 'so graphic and so shocking' that it could not be played to the jury

He came to the UK in 2013 on a three-year visa to study global politics and international relations at Birkbeck College in London, living in halls of residence in Malet Street.

He was arrested after fellow students became concerned at his radical views on Islam and he had shown off pictures of himself posing with guns.

Police seized his laptop and iPhone and found a mass of pictures, videos and documents revealing his 'extremist sympathies' and that he had not only been fighting in Syria before but was intending to return, the Old Bailey heard.

Prosecutor Sarah Whitehouse QC said one video clip on his iPhone was 'so graphic and so shocking' that it could not be played in court.

It featured a young-looking man kneeling with his head held back as another man cut his throat.

Message: Souaan told Ms Lazovic (pictured) that he loved his 'little sweetie''more than anything in the world'

The court heard that Souaan filmed himself attending a demonstration in the UK involving hate cleric Anjem Choudary.

In the background, a man can be heard to say: 'The flag of Tawheed in London, all praise be to Allah the lord of the universe' - in reference to the fervent wish of Muslim extremists to see the black flag fly over Downing Street.

In his defence, Souaan told jurors that he had accompanied his father to his home town of Deir ez-Zor in Syria for two nights in December last year.

He said he only went to help retrieve his 82-year-old grandfather's belongings after he fled to Turkey with just the clothes on his back.

He posed for pictures with guns because he wanted to look 'cool', he said: 'At the time when I was there I felt something like I wanted some trophy - the photos.

'As the teenagers say nowadays, it looks 'cool'. So that was the reason.'

Souaan, whose father made a fortune in the construction business in Serbia, insisted that, while he was in the town held by the Free Syrian Army, he never had a weapon.

He said he had been 'lonely' in London after arriving for his first term of university on October 6 last year.

He kept in contact by text with his Christian Serbian girlfriend, Ana Lazovic, who had gone to Miami in the US to study.

She called him by his pet name 'little panda' and he told her he loved his 'little sweetie''more than anything in the world'.

Demonstration: The court heard that Souaan had filmed himself attending a demonstration in the UK involving hate cleric Anjem Choudary (pictured)

Judge Peter Rook adjourned sentencing until February for pre-sentence reports.

Souaan began to cry as Judge Rook warned him that jail would be inevitable when he is sentenced on Tuesday February 3.

Remanding him in custody, the judge said: 'You have been convicted of a very serious offence indeed. You must understand that you will be receiving a custodial sentence in this case.'

She said that seeing faces could be “important” and “necessary” when women were testifying and on other occasions, such as when the issue of identity or recognition was at stake.

Lady Hale said the need for a firm approach had been illustrated by one family law case in which she had detected that a mother was lying by seeing her facial expressions after the woman was required to remove her head covering.

Her call came in an interview with the Evening Standard in which she also expressed concern at the “shocking” misogyny of male barristers who make “snide comments” about female judges — and backed action to stop “bullying and intimidatory” questioning of sex crime victims.

It was thrust to the top of public debate by a Blackfriars crown court case last year when Londoner Rebekah Dawson, 22, refused to remove her niqab during her trial for witness intimidation.

The judge in the case told Dawson — later jailed for six months after pleading guilty — she would have to show her face if giving evidence, which she declined to do.

The Lord Chief Justice responded to the case by vowing to publish guidelines on the issue. They are still being prepared. But Lady Hale made clear she feels the rules must require veils be removed at critical points in court.

“We should devise ways of making it possible and insisting people show their full face when it is necessary,” she said. “There must come a point where we can insist.

“We don’t object to allowing people to do things for sincerely held religious reasons if they don’t do any harm. If it does harm, we have to be a bit tougher.”

Lady Hale said it might be possible to “accommodate” a woman’s religious beliefs by the use of screens.

But she said a case in which she told a woman in “full purdah” that she must show her face when giving evidence had proved the importance of insisting that veils were removed.

“In that particular case it really was very obvious both that she loved her children fantastically and that there were occasions when she was lying,” she said.

“I don’t think it would have been as obvious if I’d only been able to see her eyes.

“There are other situations, not only giving evidence, when it’s necessary to be able to recognise people and identify people.

If it’s necessary to see their face then ways have got to be found to allow that to happen.”

Reform call: Lady Hale at the Supreme Court (Picture: Jeremy Selwyn)

Woman in her 20s was walking home from work in Bedford at around 11pm
Abdul Ghafoor, 33, grabbed her from behind and dragged her into bushes
He had drunk five rums and assaulted her from 11.25pm until 2.45am
Victim was able text sister asking for help, who raised alarm with police
Judge said attack was 'racially aggravated' and passed a life sentence
He added victim was subjected to 'nightmare of unimaginable proportions'

Abdul Ghafoor, 33, dragged the young woman into bushes and raped her for three hours

An Asian father-of-four dragged a young pub worker off the street and raped her for three hours saying 'you white women are good at it'.

The woman, who is in her 20s, was walking home from work in Bedford at around 11pm when she was grabbed by Abdul Ghafoor, 33, and forced her into undergrowth, a court heard.

Ghafoor had drunk five rum drinks when he came up behind her and bundled her into the bushes where he began sexually assaulting her in an attack that lasted from 11.25pm until 2.45am.

The victim had sent a WhatsApp message to her sister when she left work on May 30 this year to say she was walking to their flat.

But the married father-of-four, who had earlier propositioned two other white woman, demanded that the woman perform a sex act on him saying 'you white girls are good at it'.

She was able to send a second message to her sister saying 'help me' before he smashed her phone.

At one point she managed to make a run for it when Ghafoor vomited as a result of the alcoholic drinks he had downed, but he caught her and took her back into the undergrowth.

Her sister had raised the alarm and the victim heard the police helicopter overhead as a major search was launched to find her.

Eventually Ghafoor allowed her to get dressed and walked out on to the the road with her saying she should accompany him into town, but they were seen by police inspector, Jamie Longwith.

She got into the officer's car while Ghafoor made an attempt to escape but was caught.

Prosecutor at Luton Crown Court, Sally Hobson, said Ghafoor's attack had a racial aspect as he had made comments about the sort of behaviour white women would engage in.

'He made racially aggravated comments to the effect that this is the sort of behaviour that white women would engage in. If he saw her again she would give him a blow job,' she said.

'She was a white woman and he believed it was okay to behave in this way. It was a stranger rape of a young woman going about her business in her home town she she ought to feel safe.'

Earlier the prosecutor said: 'We all see the news and we know the dangers of walking home. For the woman, a nightmare came true that night.'

Ms Hobson said the victim had been 'like a frightened rabbit in the headlights' when she gave evidence in the witness box.'

She has been seeing a specialist counsellor and is now on medication and suffers from nightmares.

But she described her as 'extremely brave young lady who conducted herself with dignity'.

The victim listened to the sentencing from another room in the court building via a link.

Last month a jury found him guilty by majority verdicts of three offences of assault by penetration, two offences of rape, false imprisonment and assaulting the woman occasioning her actual bodily harm.

They found him not guilty of a third offence of rape but guilty by a majority of an alternative offence of attempted rape.

Ghafoor, of Nash Road, Bedford, told the jury he had drunk around five rum based drinks during the evening. He claimed she she consented to sexual activity.

Asked to explain her Whatsapp message, he said the victim was asking her sister to arrange a birthday party to which he would be invited.

Judge Richard Foster said the victim had been subjected to a 'nightmare of unimaginable proportions'.

He told Ghafoor he had been on the lookout for a victim that night and subjected the woman to the most appalling sexual abuse for over three hours.

'You forced her to perform oral sex and you said: "you white girls are good at it."

To some extent the offence was racially aggravated.'

He passed a life sentence for public protection saying he regarded Ghafoor as a dangerous offender.

If he had not received life he would have sentenced him to 18 years, which means Ghafoor cannot be considered for parole until he has served 9 years.

The judge praised the victim for her 'exceptional bravery'. He recommended three officers - Inspector Longwith, the officer in the case DC Jon Wheeler and assistant investigator Derek Winn - for commendations.

Welsh capital has been linked to string of cases linked to extremist violence
Three young men have fled to Syria from the city to fight with Isis
Brothers and a sister jailed for involvement in plot to bomb London in 2012
Student who posted jihad video under name 'Father of Terrorism' in court

This map reveals how Cardiff has become a hotbed for extremism where a string of young Muslims have been inspired to launch jihad in Syria, Iraq and also in the UK.

The father of two radicals says the Welsh capital is facing a crisis with extremists leafleting communities and holding 'pop-up' events to groom young men.

At least three students brought up in Cardiff have fallen under their spell and fled to fight with other extremists from Isis in the past year. Two appeared in a video encouraging others to join them.

But the latest shocking case involving Reyaad Khan, 20, and brothers Nasser Muthana, 20, and 17-year-old Aseel is not the first time the city has had links to jihad.

In 2012 Cardiff brothers Gurukanth Desai, and Abdul Miah, were jailed along with Omar Latif, also from the city, for plotting Mumbai-style attacks in Britain.

Cardiff cases: The Welsh capital has had links in recent years to terror plots and now had three young men fighting for Isis in Syria and Iraq

They had planned a Christmas bombing campaign with targets including the London Stock Exchange, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey.

The gang was made up of men from all over the UK, but the majority were from Cardiff.

The cell met in the city's Roath Park to discuss the mass murder not realising they were being watched by the security services.

In one exchange on November 7 2010 undercover police heard one member mention bombs before saying: ‘If you don’t attack them, they are going to attack you. You know we have got to go for a place that is worldwide remembered.’

Their sister Ruksana Begum, 22, who has a first-class degree in accountancy, was later jailed because she had two editions of Al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine on her phone, including articles such as 'Targeting the populations of countries that are at war with the Muslims'.

Ms Begum, who lived in Cardiff with her family prior to her marriage, was sentenced to one year in prison, having pleaded guilty in December 2012 to possessing material which was likely to be useful to someone committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

Ms Begum, of north London, appeared with only her eyes visible beneath a black veil to be sentenced after being remanded in Holloway prison.

Gurukanth Desai, 30, one of nine men who admitted various terror charges at Woolwich Crown Court in 2012

Abdul Malik Miah, 25, admitted plotting to blow up the London Stock Exchange during a Christmas bomb blitz

Brothers: Gurukanth Desai, 30, left and Abdul Malik Miah, 25, were among nine men, the majority from Cardiff who admitted plotting to blow up the London Stock Exchange and other targets during a Christmas bomb blitz

Surveillance: This meeting in Cardiff park led to the convictions of the men because one mentioned bombs and said: 'If you don't attack them, they are going to attack you. You know we have got to go for a place that is worldwide remembered'

This month Muslim student Khuram Iqbal, 21, who allegedly posted a series of links to extremist videos on his Facebook and Twitter pages and called himself the 'Father of Terrorism' appeared in court.

The father of the brothers in Syria, Ahmed Muthana, 57, said extremists are leafleting Muslim communities in the Welsh capital encouraging young men to join the jihad in Syria and Iraq.

He also said the recruitment meetings are never held in the same venue twice to avoid being infiltrated by anti-terrorist police.

Mr Muthana says one of the meetings was held in the Channel View Leisure Centre in the Grangetown area of Cardiff - after being rented out by the Labour-run council.

Father-of-four Mr Muthana said: 'I believe my two sons went to one of these meetings and now they are with the Isis people in Syria.

'They never hold these meetings in the same place twice - they know what they are doing.

'I know they had a meeting at Channel View, there have been others in restaurants and in private homes.

'They just book a room at these places saying it is for a private function.

'It is like one of these pop-up restaurants. They are there for a few hours and then they move on.'

Mr Muthana added: 'Some of the venues have been restaurants and businesses run by people sympathetic to the extremists.'

He believes the five young men from Cardiff, including his two middle sons Nasser, 20, and Aseel, 17, were recruited this way last year before being flown out to Syria with their travel expenses paid for.

Two of the five young men who went out to Syria have since returned - one after his parents flew to the Middle East to bring him home.

Mr Muthana said: 'I have two plane tickets waiting for my sons to get them home but I don't think they will ever be used.'

The distraught father suffered a heart attack after learning that his son Aseel had joined his brother Nasser to fight in Syria.

A leading academic said he was convinced young Muslim men in the Welsh capital are being recruited in face-to-face meetings.

Radicalisation expert Dr Suraj Lakhani said: 'The police, government and intelligence services have been concerned about different problems in Cardiff for some time.

'There have also been voices from the local community raising concerns about radicalisations in Cardiff.

'I believe that these boys in the recruitment video would have met face-to-face with the people who have radicalised them.'

Dr Lakhani, of Cardiff University, recently completed his doctorate - A Social Analysis of Radicalisation in the UK.

He said the three young Cardiff men currently fighting in Syria and the two others who have returned would have been radicalised together.

He said: 'It was organised and funded. The youngest boy is only 17 and he flew out on a fake passport.

'His older brother went after borrowing just a hundred pounds from his father.'

Dr Lakhani said there were several reasons why young men may be willing to risk their lives abroad.

'It doesn't take very many people to cause a big problem,' he said.

The teenager's husband died fighting in war-torn Kobane on Syrian border
The Londoner proudly posted the picture of the youngster on Twitter
ISIS supporters offer cash incentives to encourage schoolgirls to join them
Use money wires to transfer cash for girls' payment and travel expenses

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The next generation: A picture of a youngster posing with a toy gun in front of an ISIS flag. It was tweeted by Londoner Umm Khattab, the teenaged widow of an ISIS fighter

The 18-year-old British widow of an ISIS fighter killed fighting in Syria has tweeted a picture of a young boy clutching a toy gun in front of the black flag of the terror group.

The image was posted by Umm Khattab, believed to be from London, with the caption:

'Next generation, Bi'ithnillah (God willing).

Last week it was reported that British Muslim extremists are offering teenage girls in the UK money to marry Islamic State militants waging bloody jihad in Syria and Iraq.

Supporters of the terror group are believed to be offering cash incentives to encourage schoolgirls as young as 17 to travel to the group's de facto capital Raqqa and marry fighters.

Although the boy, who appears to be aged about four, is not likely to be Khatab's son, his mother could be Lewisham-born Khadijah Dare, 22, from Lewisham in south London, who left Britain to join ISIS and is married to Swedish terrorist Abu Bakr.

The pair are believed to live in Manjib, northern Syria, along with other British jihadi brides.

The teenager also posted pictures of the food she receives, such as pizza and chocolate cakes, because of her status as the widow of a 'shaheed', or martyr.

Her youth is evident in the three 'smiley' emoticons she places at the end of the tweet.

Khattab, whose husband died in the war-torn town of Kobane on the border of Syria and Turkey, also tweeted a picture of foods from Kobane, including a drink from Starbucks, reports The Sunday Times.

It is understood that ISIS channels money for the would-be jihadis' payment and travel expenses through international money wire systems, enabling the group's UK cell to offer significant sums of cash to disenfranchised teenagers, many of whom are from poverty-stricken backgrounds.

The whole grooming process operates using the same techniques of trust-building and reward-offering employed by sexual predators, and is designed to turn the teenage girls into jihadi brides.

News of ISIS' secret teenage terror trade was revealed in The Times, following a three month investigation by the newspaper in which reporters posed as two schoolgirls.

It exposes how vulnerable young British Muslims are to ISIS' chilling network or groomers - and reveals that police are taking seriously the idea that the terror group has already provided money and travel assistance to children under the age of 16.

Posing as Aisha, a 17-year-old girl from East London, the reporters - who have not been named for their own safety - were swamped with approaches from ISIS sympathisers, and were eventually put in touch with an alleged Syria-based extremist of Lebanese origin named Abu Abbas al-Lubnani.

Having built something of a rapport with the jihadi - including getting him to prove his authenticity by asking him to send photos taken in Raqqa with a banner reading 'Aisha' - al-Lubnani then offered to introduce 'Aisha' to a British intermediary, who would then pay for her to travel to the Islamic State.

A surveillance operation followed, in which investigators identified a white British Muslim convert as the prime candidate for being the UK-based jihadi who offered to pay for two girls to travel to Syria.

The man reportedly also offered intensive coaching on how the girls could avoid drawing attention to themselves before and during their journey to the Middle East.

Police in Britain have been urging families to contact them if they believe their loved-ones are trying to leave for Syria so they can be stopped.

Detectives say young women are being manipulated online with glamorous descriptions of life in Syria with ISIS, only to suffer a miserable existence when they arrive.

Yusra Hussien, 15, from Bristol, left home in September but instead of going to class went to Heathrow where she caught a flight to Turkey.

She boarded a plane with a 17-year-old British girl Samya Dirie, who she met online and the two are now believed to be in Syria, and may have married jihadist fighters.

Police failed to stop schoolgirl Miss Dirie despite being told she had run away with her passport.

Three hours after her panicked parents alerted officers that she was missing, she was allowed to fly from Heathrow to Turkey.

Her exit may have prompted the urgent response in the latest Heathrow case.

In June 'terror twins' Zahra and Salma Halane, both 16, of Chorlton, Manchester, are thought to have married in the war-torn nation since disappearing overnight from their home.

Both have insisted that Allah had 'chosen' for them to be in Syria.

The pair have 28 GCSEs between them and were planning to become doctors, having just finished their first year of sixth-form college, but were said to have been radicalised over the internet.

Their father Ibrahim and mother Khadra travelled to the region to try to bring them home, but without success. The couple have 10 children and their 21-year-old son Ahmed is said to be fighting with Al Shabaab, a militant group in Somalia.

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Bodies of Islamic State militants killed during fighting in Koban, Iraq were photographed this morning

Details of the investigation came after it was revealed that police stopped a plane at Heathrow just seconds before it was due to take off because a 15-year-old girl on board was planning to fly to Turkey before continuing her journey on to join ISIS militants in Syria.

The young girl had secretly saved up to buy a ticket from London to Istanbul and planned to continue her journey through Turkey and over the border into Syria. It appears it was treated as a missing person's inquiry and she was not arrested.

Her family, who had no idea she harboured extremist views, reported her missing and Scotland Yard tracked her down to a passenger jet about to leave Britain.

After rushing to Heathrow, officers realised the girl's plane was already taxiing along the runway, so the pilot was ordered to stop and the girl taken home.

It later emerged that a second British 15-year-old girl was not spotted on board and was able to continue her journey to join the Islamic State in Syria.

Sue Smith, who is blind, phoned taxi to collect her from Birmingham centre
But when Shahzad Ahmad arrived he said his six-seater car was too small
Ms Smith, 50, was left 'embarrassed' on the street with guide dog Sonny
Ahmad was fired from the taxi company and now faces losing his licence

Refused: Sue Smith, above with guide dog Sonny, was left feeling 'embarrassed' after Shahzad Ahmad told her that he could not accept her fare

A taxi driver has been fined£1,000 after he refused to pick up a blind woman who was standing in the pouring rain because she had a guide dog.

Shahzad Ahmad, 32, told Sue Smith that he could not accept her fare because his vehicle wasn't big enough to fit five-year-old Labrador Sonny - even though he was driving a six-seater people carrier.

Ms Smith left feeling 'scared' and 'embarrassed' when Ahmad drove away, leaving her and Sonny to be soaked on the street, Birmingham Magistrates Court heard.

The 50-year-old had phoned taxi firm T.C. Cars after visiting the headquarters of Action for Blind People in Birmingham on March 27.

But she was stunned when Mr Ahmad arrived and told her that he could not take her with Sonny.

She was left 'embarrassed' and 'disorientated' in the street for 20 minutes as she tried to find her way back into the building she had just left.

Ms Smith said that the incident has 'dented her confidence' and has left her scared to get into a taxi.

It is an offence for a taxi driver not to take a blind person and their guide dog unless they have a medical exemption certificate for an allergy.

Ahmad was found guilty in his absence of breaching the Equality Act 2010 at Birmingham Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

He was fined £1,000, ordered to pay court costs of £1,000 and a victim surcharge of £100.

On Thursday, Ms Smith, who lives with long term partner, Colin, 50, said: 'I was so angry and scared. It was horrible.

'It was pouring with rain and if I hadn't been going to the Action for the Blind building I would have just been stranded in the city centre. God knows what I would have done.

'I have been on antidepressants since and I'm scared to get a taxi now. It has really dented my confidence.

'He just kept saying "no, no, no" even though I told him it was illegal.

He was very rude and just drove off.'

Ahmad, from Birmingham, has since been sacked by taxi firm and now faces losing his license.

John Kington, promotions manager at T.C. Cars, said: 'We acted swiftly and sharply as we do not tolerate this kind of behaviour at all.

'He was sacked straight away. Accommodating guide dogs is a requirement we are happy to meet and will continue to meet in future.'

Sue Bushell, from the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, added: 'Some drivers may have a fear of dogs but it is a legal requirement.'

If the girl is wed lawfully in her homeland her husband cannot be prosecuted under UK law, Theresa May’s Home Office said.

Officials made the admission after the Bishop of St Albans Alan Smith asked the House of Lords what steps the Government was taking to protect girls already in under-age marriages from coming into the UK.

Schools minister Lord Nash told him social services and police might be involved if there were child protection issues, but the law as it stands cannot stop child brides entering the UK in the first place.

It is not known how many do so, but the Home Office Forced Marriage Unit says of 1,302 cases investigated last year, 15% (195) involved under 16s.

Rt Rev Dr Smith told the Sunday People: “I’m pleased to have unearthed anomalies our Government must wrestle with if it is to secure the future and safety of young girls brought into the country.”

Yasmin Rehman of the End Violence against Women Coalition said: “Child marriages should be illegal in this country.

“We protect British-born children, but we seem to think children from other countries have lesser rights if they are child brides.”

Under forced marriage laws passed earlier this year, their weddings would be illegal only if they were coerced.

In August, Home Secretary Mrs May failed to prevent a girl of 15 from Eritrea in Africa from coming to Britain, despite fears her marriage was illegal…

Briton Abu Abdel Malik al-Britani was killed fighting for ISIS in Syria
Died alongside two Canadian jihadis during clashes in desert town Dabiq
Death brings total number of dead British ISIS jihadis to at least 35 in 2014
Number of British deaths increased dramatically towards end of the year
U.S. airstrikes and a strong Kurdish resistance have killed many Britons

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Abu Abdel Malik Al-Britani's death was announced on social media

This British jihadi was pictured smiling as he posed with an M16 assault rifle outside a sports shop.

The extremist, who called himself Abu Abdel Malik al-Britani, became the thirty fifth Briton to have been killed while fighting for ISIS in Syria this week.

In the image the militant is seen wearing camouflage gear as he proudly brandishes the weapon on a shopping street.

He is understood to have been killed alongside two Canadian jihadis during fierce clashes in the Syrian desert town of Dabiq.

He is just the latest in a steady flow of British militants to be killed fighting for ISIS in the Middle East - a figure that has grown dramatically towards the end of the year as American-led airstrikes target the group's strongholds and Kurdish YPG and Peshmerga forces retake land from the terrorists.

Today it was revealed that US-led air strikes in Syria and Iraq have killed more than 1,000 jihadis in the past three months, nearly all of them from the Islamic State.

'At least 1,171 have been killed in the Arab and international air strikes [since September 23], including 1,119 jihadists of the Islamic State group and Al-Nusra Front,' said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of activists and medics across the war-ravaged country for its information.

Among the dead were 1,046 members of IS, which has seized large chunks of Iraq and Syria and is the main target of the air campaign.

Seventy-two of those killed were members of Al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the Al-Nusra Front, while another was a jihadist prisoner whose affiliation was unknown, an Observatory statement said. The remaining 52 were civilians.

Abu Abdel Malik's death was announced on social media by a fighter of Algerian origin who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Musab and who claims to have trained alongside the militant in Syria.

He said the Briton was killed in Dabiq alongside two militants of Canadian origin named Abu Ibrahim Al-Canadi & Abu Abdullah Al-Canadi.

Mohammed Zakariya Wadiwala outside Preston Crown Court

A COUPLE from Blackburn cheated the taxpayer out of more than£134,000 as part of an asylum scam, a court was told.

Mohammad, 40,and Zenabibbi Wadiwala, 42, used false names in their bid to remain in the UK after fleeing religious turmoil in their native India.

It was six years before the true identities of the pair – known to the authorities by fake names Jakir and Shabnam Sheikh – were uncovered by Immigration Service investigators in the UK, Burnley Crown Court heard.

The couple, who have five children, three of whom were born in Britain, could now be deported.

The Wadiwalas, of Oaklands Terrace, have already had a number of asylum appeals under their false names turned down by the Home Office, the court heard.

Prosecutor Stephen Wild said that when the couple arrived in Britain in 2006 they claimed they had arrived on the back of a truck from Paris, before making a claim for asylum at a screening centre in Croydon.

The couple gave the same false names and dates of birth for their two children.

The Wadiwalas were given ‘application registration cards’ and received assistance in the form of accommodation and other benefits, not including free legal advice and health care, totalling £134,438 up to 2012. But they had also received another £40,000 in benefits since then.

The couple, who each admitted one charge of fraud and two offences of possession of false identification documents, were given two-year prison sentences, suspended for two years. Mohammad was also given 200 hours community service.

The Court was told the pair had fled from persecution in the Kashmir region, after Zenabibbi escaped a violent marriage to a Hindu man and married Mohammad, who is a Muslim.

They were targeted by extremists, physically attacked and even forced out of their jobs, the court heard.

Defence counsel Kenneth Hind said that Zenabibbi suffered from severe epilepsy, arthritis and spina bifida, resulting in her husband caring for both her and their five children.

“It was the fear of being sent back to India which motivated what they did,” said Mr Hind, who said that the couple had been poorly advised by Mohammad’s brother in carrying out the initial deception, where they destroyed their original passports.

“They came to Britain and did two silly things,” he said. “The first was to destroy their passports and the second was to listen to people who were giving them bad advice.”

Passing sentence, Judge Michael Leeming QC said the pair had engaged in a ‘sophisticated’ and persistent fraud which was deserving of a prison sentence but he had taken their personal circumstances into account.

The court heard that Mohammad looked after their five children, who are aged between one and eight years old, because of his wife’s physical condition. The couple had also received support within the local community.

Mr Hind said that the only avenue open to the family, if the husband was jailed, would be to put the youngsters in the care of social services.

The court heard that their leave to remain in the UK, which had previously ran until 2015, had now been revoked and they could face removal by the immigration services.

Illegals who fiddled £130,000 in benefits may stay in Britain

Police have released images of the squalor that they say 10 alleged slave-workers had to endure in Rochdale after two men were charged and three others arrested in connection with enslavement and trafficking offences.

As the Chronicle reported yesterday, 20 east European men and women were rescued after police swooped on a picture framing factory in Ings Lane, Rochdale.

Greater Manchester Police officers — alongside partner agency teams from Rochdale Council, the Home Office and HMRC — executed a warrant at the factory on Monday.

The search warrant was executed at part of the Caldershaw Centre, on Monday as part of Operation Retriever, which is designed to tackle human trafficking in Rochdale.

It is alleged that the men and women who lived there were paid £25 for an 80-hour week after deductions for rent and travel.

Images released by police also show the shocking conditions in which the workers were living. They were all cramped into one small terraced house in Rochdale which had plaster falling from the damp-infested walls.

As a result of the warrants Mohammed Iqbal (51), of Belmont Way, Rochdale, and Najum Mohammed Iqbal (40), of Harrison Close, Rochdale, were both charged yesterday with knowingly requiring another person to perform forced or compulsory labour.

Two other men, aged 34 and 43 were arrested on suspicion of the same offences, while a 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of immigration offences. All three have been bailed an are due to appear before court.

A police spokesman said: “Of the 20 people found to have been working in the factory, 13 men and women, all from Slovakia, are now thought to have been victims of the enforced labour and trafficking offences….

Security bosses have withdrawn Royal Guards from posts outside palaces amid fears of a 'lone wolf' terror attack
Elite soldiers of the Queen's Guard no longer allowed on sentry duty alone and are accompanied by armed police
But the measures have been described as a ‘retreat’ for the Guards, known the world over for their bearskin caps
Changes confirmed at sites including Clarence House, St James’s Palace, Windsor Castle and Horse Guards Parade

Security chiefs have taken the dramatic step of withdrawing Royal Guards from their high-profile posts outside palaces amid mounting fears of ‘lone wolf’ terrorist attacks.

Elite soldiers of the Queen’s Guard have pulled back from public positions at many landmarks in response to possible threats from Islamic extremists.

For the first time since the height of the IRA’s terror campaign, the soldiers are also no longer allowed on sentry duty alone, and are now accompanied by armed police.

The move to more secure positions behind gates or railings is a direct response to attacks such as the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby and the killing of a sentry by a lone gunman at the Canadian Parliament two months ago.

But the measures have been described as a ‘retreat’ for the Guards, known the world over for their bearskin caps.

Retired officer Major Iain Dalzel-Job of the Scots Guards told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I think this is a big shame.

'The reason people know we’re around is because they can see us. But I suppose the changes are necessary as there is a significant threat.’

This newspaper has confirmed the changes to the Guards’ security at sites including Clarence House, St James’s Palace, Windsor Castle and Horse Guards Parade.

For the first time since the height of the IRA’s terror campaign, the soldiers are also no longer allowed on sentry duty alone, and are now accompanied by armed police

At Clarence House, the official residence of Prince Charles, the guardsmen who used to stand in front of the gates on The Mall, a public road, have now been relocated, along with their sentry boxes, behind metal gates.

Tourists, who love to pose with the Guards, can now barely see them. Police officers confirmed changes had been made for security reasons.

At St James’s Palace, the London home of Princess Anne and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, two Guardsmen used to perform sentry duties beneath its famous clock tower on Pall Mall.

These guards and their sentry boxes have now been moved into a secluded courtyard inside the perimeter, leaving no visible presence at the clock tower gate.

The measures have been described as a ‘retreat’ for the Guards, known the world over for their bearskin caps

In Horse Guards Parade, twosentries still stand guard where tourists can pose for photographs with them.

But four armed police officers now guard the soldiers.

The officers carry Heckler and Koch carbine rifles, pistols and Taser guns – in contrast to the Guards, who just carry ceremonial swords.

A Metropolitan Police officer on duty there told our reporter: ‘Yes, we are a recent addition here. It’s us guarding the Guards. I

think there’s a Latin phrase for that.’

At Windsor Castle, up to three armed officers now stand next to the lone sentry on guard duty on the Western side of the castle.

The tightening of security to levels unseen since the height of the IRA terror campaign comes in the wake of fanatics from the so-called Islamic State based in Iraq and Syria threatening Britain.

Al-Qaeda groups have also called on would-be terrorists to launch ‘lone wolf’ attacks against UK soldiers and police.

On Christmas Eve, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) encouraged Muslims to launch attacks in the West on their own.

It published a magazine that gave instructions for a home-made bomb, and urged its readers to use such a device to blow up an airliner or other Western target.

Former soldiers said last night that the changes were needed as sentries felt vulnerable to attack.

One Guards insider said: ‘We’re fully in favour as if an attack on a sentry can happen in Canada it can happen here.

By moving behind the railings we’ve got a chance to respond, most likely saving lives.

‘The changes were introduced in response to the Canadian attack and because there’s been a sharp rise in people armed with mobile phones trying to wind up the sentries and make them lose their temper.’

Former Welsh guardsman and former Met police officer Terry O’Shea said: ‘Moving the Guardsmen back to a more secure area seems an honourable retreat given the danger posed by the terrorists.

'We have got to strike a balance between not compromising our traditions and protecting our soldiers.

‘Unfortunately this is a sign of the times and how unpredictable the current situation is.

'We’ve seen horrific incidents across the world and in our capital city, so some action had to be taken to reduce the risk, even if it can never be eliminated.

‘You could argue that there should be a defiant stand buthow do you protect the soldiers on parade in a bright suit, shiny boots and a furry hat?

'Where do we draw the line? Do you allow these soldiers to be armed? I think that could cause a greater problem.

'The terrorists know that a Guardsman is a higher profile target than an ordinary soldier and they’re looking for publicity, something spectacular, so the Guards would suit their agenda.’

Although there have not been any successful terror attacks in Britain since Lee Rigby was killed outside Woolwich Barracks in May last year, intelligence services say they have foiled a number of plots this year.

Last month, police stopped an alleged plot to launch an attack on Remembrance Sunday, after arresting four men in London and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

Also last month, police chiefs warned officers not to wear their uniforms to and from work as Islamic terrorists were looking to target officers.

In October, Muslim convert Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, 32, shot dead sentry Nathan Cirillo, 24, outside the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada, then stormed into the nearby Parliament building before being shot dead by security guards.

The soldiers currently performing ceremonial duties outside the Royal palaces are drawn from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, F Company of the Scots Guards and 7 Company of the Coldstream Guards.

These Guardsmen carry rifles equipped with bayonets but as a rule their rifles are not loaded with live ammunition.

The Guardsmen may carry up to six rounds in a belt pouch and may load their rifles in event of a terrorist attack, but that would take valuable time.

The two sentries beneath the clock tower at St James’s were temporarily withdrawn during the 1980s when the IRA threat level peaked, but The Mail on Sunday understands that this is the first time they have been redeployed permanently.

Ken Wharfe, Princess Diana’s former bodyguard, said: ‘These officers are always stagnant, so an attack on them is very easy.

'Although the Queen’s Guards are there to protect the Royals, the actual security is done by the Met Police.

'But the Palace has always resisted getting rid of the Guards as they are part of the tradition. The Palace would have been consulted on this.’

Lord Carlile, the former Government watchdog on counter-terrorism, said: ‘I think the changes are measured and not an over-reaction.’

Chloe Howard, deputy editor of the popular Royal Central blog, said: ‘It is a shame, as it denies the public the chance of seeing these well-known uniforms that are part of the British identity. Some may think it is a retreat.’

Buckingham Palace and the Met Police would not comment on security matters, while the Ministry of Defence said: ‘We routinely review security

Mohibur Rahman continually brushed past the mother over a 45 minute period and was told to leave her alone after he touched he crotch as she dived into the water

A swimming pervert who groped a mother in front of her children while they played in a pool has avoided jail.

Vile Mohibur Rahman touched the shocked victim and intentionally brushed past her more than 10 times in the space of just 45 minutes.

The woman originally thought the contact was accidental, but was forced to push the 33-year-old pervert away after he touched her crotch when she dived down to retrieve a locker key that had been dropped.

After pushing the man away and telling him to leave, the woman, who was with her children, reported the sexual assault to a lifeguard at Newtown Baths, in Birmingham.

Rahman, from the Nechells area of Birmingham admitted two charges of sexual assault and was handed an 18-month community order.

Judge James Burbidge QC said: "I am sure that you swam at her deliberately, intending to touch her private area.

"It was in front of her children, and they would have seen their mother's distress. She was visibly shaken, upset and understandably frightened.

"Why you would choose to do that, a married man with children, who, up to now, had led a decent and hard-working life, I do not know. If you do it again, you would go straight to prison."

Rahman was also put on the sex offenders' register for five years, banned from going to any swimming baths for five years and ordered to pay £300 compensation and £150 costs.

Aliya Rashid, prosecuting at Birmingham Crown Court, said the victim had gone to Newtown Baths with her children on a Saturday morning.

Miss Rashid said: "The victim swam short distances and kept close to the children. At around 1pm she became aware of the defendant brushing past her and she felt his hand touch her bottom.

"At the time he was swimming breaststroke and was submerged. The woman thought the contact was accidental but he brushed past her again, and she tried to move away."

Miss Rashid said Rahman did this about ten times over 45 minutes, while the pool was not very busy and that it left the victim feeling "nervous and uncomfortable".

Miss Rashid added: "There came a point when her daughter dropped a locker key to the bottom of the pool and the woman had to dive down to retrieve it.

"As she was doing this, she felt Rahman touch her crotch area.

"When he did this a second time the victim jumped up, pushed him and told him to get his hands off, then reported the matter to a lifeguard."

Pakistani national Babar Khan, 24, was jailed for 20 months by judge
The illegal immigrant paid £4,660 for a sham marriage in Southampton
Staff raised the alarm after he was unable to spell his bride-to-be's name
Marriage was stopped by police as the pair were about to say their vows

By SAM MATTHEW FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 19:45, 17 December 2014 | UPDATED: 20:33, 17 December 2014

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Illegal immigrant Babar Khan was jailed for 20 months after police stopped his sham marriage in Southampton, Hampshire

A sham marriage was uncovered after a registry office worker spotted that the groom was unable to spell his bride-to-be's name, a court heard.

Babar Khan fake big day came crashing down when police dramatically stormed the ceremony as the fake couple prepared to exchange their vows.

The illegal Pakistani national stumped up £4,660 to marry the woman he barely knew in a desperate attempt to remain in Britain at a ceremony in front of just two guests.

Officers quizzed the couple who gave 'wildly conflicting' accounts of how they met, Southampton Crown Court, Hants, heard.

Police then searched Khan's home and discovered 'crib notes' with prepared answers about their history together.

He was released on bail yet the groom made one last frantic bid to evade being sent home by fleeing to London - before the authorities caught him again.

Khan was jailed for for 20 months after he admitted conspiring to breach immigration law and two counts of breaching marriage laws.

Siobhan Linsley, prosecuting, told the court how Khan was initially granted entry to Britain in September 2011 to study a three-year accountancy course in the capital.

But when he failed to attend classes, immigration officers ordered him to apply for an extension or leave by the following June.

Khan, 24, instead decided to pay money to a Mr Atta to arrange a marriage with a Southampton woman.

On their arrival at Southampton Register Office on April 14 this year, staff became concerned, the court heard.

Miss Linsley said: 'He misspelt her name and they had no interest in seeing the room where it would take place and were vague about details.'

The woman, who is not being named, is believed to have received £250 for her part in the deal and police searching her home found no evidence of him ever living there.

Khan, of no fixed address, later escaped to the capital but was eventually re-arrested in September this year working in a factory, the court heard.

In mitigation barrister Jane Rowley stressed Khan was not the main organiser of the scam, adding: 'He bitterly regrets his misguided action.

'His motivations to come here weren't just greed. He wanted to make a constructive life in Britain.'
Jailing Khan for 20 months, recorder Nicolas Gerasimidis, sentencing, said: 'This was a sham marriage and not genuine.

'You made the decision to stay in this country and went awol.

'You were burying your head in the sand to avoid the consequences of your actions.'
Khan will be deported to his home country at the end of his sentence.

The woman denies a charge of conspiracy to breach UK immigration law and is due to stand trial next year.

The gang of seven Asian men held two victims hostage in Manchester house
Threatened violence until victims arranged bank transfers to their accounts
All seven were jailed today following a trial at Manchester Crown Court

A vigilante gang kidnapped two alleged fraudsters and threatened them with a hammer, knife and hot iron to try to get them to return money.

The victims were taken to a house in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, where members of the group beat them overnight in a 'terrifying' hold up.

Seven men, led by 44-year-old Tariq Dhumial, were jailed after forcing the men into transferring thousands of pounds into their bank accounts.

Tariq Dhamial was described as the gang's ringleader

Fateh Ahmed was also jailed for his role in the crime

Tariq Dhamial (left) was described as the leader of the group which also included Fateh Ahmed (right)

Ahmed Butt was also involved in the plot

Ghulam Ali was among the group which snared the victims to the property

Shakaar Ahmed Butt (left) and Ghulam Ali (right) snared the victims to a property in Manchester where they threatened them

Dhumial, the court heard, believed a previous failed business deal with the two victims had been fraudulent.

With his fellow offenders, he duped the victims into meeting him at a property they thought was for sale when they attacked.

Beating the men, they took a wallet, watch, bracelet, phone and keys from one man.

Both hostages were told to phone their wives and arrange for bank transfers of£5,000 and £9,000.

Dhamial, who was described by prosecutors as the 'leader' of the group was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to four years in prison.

Fateh Kashief Ahmed, 47, Shakoor Ahmed Butt, 35, Shazwan Ashraf, 31, Ghulam Ali, 33, and Abdul Zubair Qadus, 33, were each sentenced to 32 months, while Mohammed Khateer Ali, 31, was sentenced to 27 months.

Mohammed Khateer Ali was jailed for 27 months

Mohammed Khateer Ali (left) was jailed for 27 months while Abdul Zubair Qadus was sentenced to 32 months

Shazwan Ashraf, 31, was also jailed for 32 months

Senior investigating officer Duncan Thorpe, from GMP, said: 'The victims were severely beaten and threatened for money that the offenders believed was owed to them from a previous fraud.

'A separate investigation is being conducted in relation to the fraudulent activities of the two victims, but unfortunately the offenders in this case decided to take matters into their own hands and inflict violence upon the victims.

'They kept the two victims prisoner for a couple of days and this was clearly a terrifying experience for both men, but today justice has been done.'

Rob Hall, of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said: 'Tariq Dhamial was the leader in the false imprisonment of two men after a business deal went wrong.

'The two complainants were physically assaulted and threatened with demands for money being made directly to their families on mobile phones.

'The defendants initially denied all offences but eventually admitted falsely imprisoning the two men on the day of their trial.

'The message is clear that this behaviour will not be tolerated.

'Today, as these men begin prison sentences, they must face up to the consequences of their unacceptable actions.'

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