Thirteen arrested over Greater Manchester trafficking ring

In July, she was married under Sharia law in Rochdale.

"martin14" said
You just can't make shit like this up.

Wonder how the sister is involved in any of this.

I am sure Islam has nothing to do with this.

Oh, wait.

In May the woman, who was 25 weeks pregnant, was flown to Luton, believing she was going to visit her sister.

She was met by a man at Luton Airport, claiming to be her sister's friend and she was initially held in London before being taken to Wesley Street in Failsworth, Oldham.

He was paid between £10,000 and £15,000 by the trafficking gang to arrange the sham marriage, police said.

She was then moved to Ashfield Road, Rochdale where she was forced to marry a 38-year-old man.

In July, the pair married under Sharia law in Rochdale.

The woman was later taken the Royal Oldham hospital for an appointment by another woman, who acted as an interpreter and told staff she wanted an abortion.

But medical tests revealed the victim, 20, was more than 25 weeks pregnant - and it would have been illegal to abort the baby.

The hospital alerted social services who made her unborn baby subject to a child protection plan.

After she failed to attend medical appointments the police became involved and an independent interpreter was hired to interview the woman.

She confessed that she had been sold to an Asian family and subject to a forced marriage after entering the country on the belief that she would be meeting her sister in the UK.

Police said it became clear 'she was being sold into a marriage against her will.'

The details of the sham marriage come in the wake of a fake bride who was caught with 'crib sheets' listing her husband's height, weight, shoe size, how they met and how often they had sex.

The claim was revealed at Sheffield Crown Court yesterday as seven men and women stood trial over an alleged plot to gain visas for four Pakistani men - by pairing them off with British brides.

The women were allegedly paid up to £7,000 each to take part in bogus ceremonies in Nottingham, Leicester and Hertfordshire arranged by 38-year-old Masoud Rasab.

Rasab, of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, is said to have run a bride delivery service for almost four years