Sakina Muhammad Jan has pleaded not guilty and denies her daughter Ruqia Haidari, who has since died, told her she did not want to marry Mohammad Ali Halimi.Sakina Muhammad Jan has pleaded not guilty and denies her daughter Ruqia Haidari, who has since died, told her she did not want to marry Mohammad Ali Halimi.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.
Sitting in the court dock supported by a translator, Jan faced the first day of a trial at the county court in Melbourne on Wednesday. “This is a relevant circumstance in the Crown’s case, because it goes to the motive to the accused’s desire to push her daughter into the marriage,” Renton told a jury of 13.
The matchmaker, Shukria Muqadas, was then told about a man from Perth who was looking for a wife and agreed to assist. Less than two weeks after meeting Halimi, Haidari was married to him on a temporary basis, which allowed her to remain in Shepparton with her family.