I was forced to marry at FIVE - while living in UK: Horrific story of the British child bride

A successful businesswoman has told of her agony after being forced into an abusive marriage at the age of five - despite living in Britain.  


Samina Shah, who is now in her 40s and too frightened to reveal her real name, spoke out after revelations that Britain's Forced Marriage Unit had handled the case of another five-year-old girl last year. 


Mrs Shah said she believed she was being dressed for her fifth birthday party on the day of the Islamic ceremony which effectively ended her childhood.

She told The Sun: 'There was a lot of activity - a lot of relatives in the house. I was dressed up in an outfit which my mother-in-law had bought for me.


'My sister told me later that my mother-in-law had said, "At last, the beautiful girl belongs to me!"'        Read Full