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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sophie Robinson

Imam pleads guilty to allowing two children to marry each other

The imam will be sentenced at the Northampton Crown and County Courts building - (PA Archive)

Police say an imam has pleaded guilty to illegally allowing two children to marry each other at a mosque.

Ashraf Osmani, 52, of Abington Avenue, Northampton, pleaded guilty at Northampton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, Northamptonshire Police said.

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