Haidari and Halimi were married in Shepparton on August 201, 2019. The couple moved to Halimi’s home in Perth later that year.
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He killed his young bride five months after their wedding and is serving a life prison term for murder.
Judge Fran Dalziel on Monday found while Jan clearly grieved her daughter’s death, she had shown no contrition for her offending.
“You abused your power as a mother – as the person (Ms Haidari) loved and respected,” the judge said.
“While you believed you were acting in her best interests, you were not in fact doing so.”
Jan blamed others for organising the marriage and said she didn’t know her daughter wanted to back out of the engagement, but the judge rejected her claims.
A court sketch of Mohammad Ali Halimi.
“Ms Haidari told you she did not want to get married. You told her it was not up to her,” she said.
Judge Dalziel accepted Jan had faced cultural expectations from the Hazara community, but said the law prevented her from considering those customs as a mitigating factor.
The judge noted Jan, who fled Afghanistan with her family, would face deportation if she was jailed for 12 months or more.
Judge Dalziel said the punishment needed to reflect the serious offending, regardless of potential deportation.
“It must be made clear to everyone in our country that forced marriage is against the law,” Judge Dalziel said.
Jan was jailed for three years, but will be released from custody on a recognisance order after 12 months.
Jan initially refused to sign the order, maintaining she could not accept it.
Once the judge had left the bench, Jan’s son Taqi Haidari said it was shameful his mother was being sent to prison after losing her daughter.
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