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Melbourne man pleads guilty to marrying 14yo bride in wedding at Noble Park
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A 34-year-old Melbourne man has cried in court while pleading guilty to illegally marrying a 14-year-old bride in an Islamic wedding last year.
Mohammad Shakir pleaded guilty to going through a formal ceremony of marriage with a person not of marriageable age at Noble Park last September.
The “wedding” was conducted by former imam Ibrahim Omerdic.
As part of Shakir’s plea, two charges were withdrawn by prosecutors in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
They included allegations Shakir had sex with the girl between September 30 and October 1, following their wedding.
Shakir, who has been in custody for six months, shed tears after entering his plea during what was to be a pre-trial committal hearing.