article_snippet: The pair held The pair 'wedding', which was allegedly arranged by the girl's father, in A Lebanese man who 'married' a 12-year-old girl's lounge room in the Hunter region in NSW, in January last year.
article_snippet: According to the Sydney Morning Herald, A 27-year-old man told the court today that 'A 27-year-old man cultural and religious beliefs doesn't excuse A 27-year-old man behaviour'.
article_snippet: The girl, now 13, didn't want to marry the student because of the 14 year age gap but A 27-year-old man bombarded the student with text messages after A 27-year-old man first laid eyes on the student in a mosque in November 2013, court papers stated.
article_snippet: Police allege A 27-year-old man married the 12-year-old Australian girl in an Islamic ceremony earlier last year.
article_snippet: The father, who is in The girl's father 60s, allegedly arranged the illegal marriage.
article_snippet: The girl's father allegedly organised The girl's father daughter's marriage to the Lebanese immigrant because The girl's father wanted to stop his daughter from 'committing a life of sin'.
article_snippet: Court documents say the 12-year-old Australian girl met the 27-year-old man at a mosque in November 2013  after The girl's father approached The girl's father and asked to meet the 12-year-old Australian girl.
article_snippet: Police allege The girl's father enabled his daughter's sexual assault by organising the unlawful marriage - including allowing The couple to swap phone numbers and meet three times in the family home before the ceremony.
article_snippet: In court documents The imam who performed the ceremony is claimed that since the marriage the pair engaged in sexual activities on a daily basis until February when the pair relationship was discovered by a Centrelink worker, when the man tried to get registered as the girl’s legal guardian in order to obtain welfare benefits. '
article_snippet: the girl’s has expressed a strong desire to start a family with the [then] 26-year-old,' the police report states.
highlights_snippet: A Lebanese man who 'married' a 12-year-old girl 'married'
highlights_snippet: Their wedding was allegedly arranged by A Lebanese man who 'married' a 12-year-old girl's father .