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Sophie Robinson

Imam pleads guilty to allowing illegal marriage of children at mosque

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

An imam has pleaded guilty to illegally allowing two children to marry each other at a mosque, police said.

Northamptonshire Police said Ashraf Osmani, 52, of Abington Avenue, Northampton, conducted an Islamic marriage ceremony, also known as a nikkah, in November 2023 involving two 16-year-old children at the city’s Central Mosque, where he is the serving imam.

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