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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Salford man jailed after refusing to grant his wife Jewish religious divorce

Alan Moher was jailed and ordered to pay £11,000 costs.
Alan Moher was jailed and ordered to pay £11,000 costs. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The owner of a property company has been jailed for 18 months for controlling or coercive behaviour after refusing to grant his wife a religious divorce.

Alan Moher, 57, from Salford, separated from his wife, Caroline, in 2016 after 21 years, with the pair later being granted a divorce in a family court in 2019. But she is unable to remarry in a synagogue without a “get” – a document that formally recognises the end of marriage in the Orthodox Jewish faith.

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