article_snippet: The father allegedly gave The father 's mobile phone number to the 26-year-old man who wanted to marry her daughter and then hosted an Islamic ceremony at The father home in the Hunter region.
article_snippet: Father allegedly consented to the wedding, in January 2014, after discovering his 12-year-old daughter had begun menstruating and becoming interested in boys.
article_snippet: It is alleged the girl's husband gave the girl's husband $500 as a wedding gift.
article_snippet: The girl, now 13, didn't want to marry the student because of the 14 year age gap but the girl's husband bombarded the student with text messages after the girl's husband first laid eyes on the young girl in a mosque in November 2013, court papers stated.
article_snippet: Court documents say the young girl met the 27-year-old man at a mosque in November 2013  after the girl's husband approached the young girl and asked to meet the young girl.
article_snippet: The imam who performed the ceremony pleaded guilty to solemnising the marriage and was fined $500. 'the young girl has expressed a strong desire to start a family with the [then] 26-year-old,' the police report states.
highlights_snippet: Father charged for sending Father 12-year-old daughter to be married .
  