27 September 2013

Devout Muslim Jubel Miah battered wife and forced her to wear niqab

Jubel Miah, 21, ordered his wife to wear a full veil after she said she was going to college to study.

He called her names and said to her: "You are a married woman. You don't do this."

Burnley Magistrates' Court heard how the wife, who has not been named, agreed to wear the full face veil because she believed he would stop making her life a misery.

However Miah began beating her when he noticed she was not smiling during Eid celebrations with family. [telegraph.co.uk] Read more