New Zealand: A teenager has been shunned by many in her community because a Nepalese man raped her to force her to become his wife

Khem Gharti Magar, 38, has been jailed for 10 years at his Christchurch District Court sentencing after a trial where the jury found him guilty of abducting the woman for sex and raping her. Judge Ian Mill said that the effects on the vulnerable young victim, who had arrived in New Zealand as a refugee and spoke little English, were serious and included psychological damage. "She has been shunned by many people in her community because of what you did," the judge told Magar. He said that Magar had shown no remorse and his abduction and sex attack had been premeditated, and he had used violence. Crown prosecutor Deirdre Elsmore called for a heavy sentence, saying that the impact on the victim had been devastating and Magar showed no remorse, although he had been interviewed twice by probation staff. The offending had been premeditated, with a view to securing the woman as his wife.