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British court ordered Muslim woman to remove
veil
Sunday, October 10, 2010 09:06:51 AM,
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London:
A British court asked a Muslim woman to remove burqa to show her
facial expression while testifying against her husband in a
physical abuse case.
Georgina Richards, 36, who is eight-month pregnant, reluctantly
agreed when magistrates said they might not accept her evidence if
they could not see her "facial expressions", according to Daily
Mail.
The case at Leicester Magistrates Court was held up for over an
hour Thursday while magistrates agreed to hear her evidence from
behind a screen.
Chairman of the bench Lawrence Faulkner told her: "We need to see
a person's facial expressions to assess the evidence they are
giving. If you refuse to remove your veil, we may not be able to
accept your evidence."
Richards gave evidence against her ex-partner Ismail Mangera, 30,
who is accused of punching Richards in the face.
After the hearing, Richards said: "I was a bit unhappy that he
told me to take my veil off. They put screens up next to me but I
didn't really want to do it. But I thought the case would be
dropped if I didn't take it off.
"It just made me feel uncomfortable. They wanted to see the
expression on my face but I don't think it really matters, I think
I could have done it with my veil on. Now I just feel relieved
that I've said what I've got to say."
Earlier, Richards told the court that her religion states she
should not remove her veil in front of men in public.
The court heard that Mangera attacked Richards, mother to three of
the couple's children and pregnant with their fourth, between
April 1 and April 30. Sentencing was deferred until Oct 20 to
allow a probation report to be produced.
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