Father of 'child bride' granted bail under new laws

By Emma Partridge
Updated June 23 2014 - 2:54pm, first published 2:30pm

A father accused of allowing his 12-year-old daughter to get ‘‘married’’ during an Islamic ceremony has been granted bail under new laws, despite a magistrate describing the case against him as ‘‘abhorrent, disgusting and disgraceful’’.

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