- Yusra Farhan, left, is charged with beating her daughter. Mohammed Altameemi, top right, and Tabarak Altameemi also are charged with assault.
PHOENIX – An
Iraqi mother accused of beating her teenage daughter for not going
along with an arranged marriage pleaded not guilty Monday in a case
police said involved burning the teen on her face and chest with a hot
spoon.
Yusra Farhan, 50, entered the plea to charges of aggravated assault, unlawful imprisonment and resisting arrest.
The daughter, 19, refused to participate in an arranged marriage with a 38-year-old man, authorities said.
Two other defendants, the victim's sister,
18-year-old Tabarak Altameemi, and father, 45-year-old Mohammed
Altameemi, also pleaded not guilty to assault and unlawful imprisonment.
MyFoxPhoenix.com cited court records showing
that on Feb. 7 Mohammed Altameemi got mad at his daughter because she
left night class with a boy. The father picked her up at school and took
her home.
He is accused of cutting his daughter’s neck
with a knife. Police say he admitted he was trying to kill her, but
Tabarak Altameemi intervened.
They, other siblings and Farhan then allegedly taped the 19-year-old's mouth, bound her hands and body with rope and beat her.
The altercation over the arranged marriage
occurred in November, MyFoxPhoenix.com reported. At that time, the
victim's sisters and mom allegedly held her down and beat her, with
Farhan accused of putting a hot spoon against her daughter's face and
chest.
"I swear I didn't hurt her, only slightly,
just like any parent would do to their children. Nobody would hurt their
own children. You can ask her if she can be here with me," Farhan told a
judge, according to a
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/05/plea-entered-in-az-arranged-marriage-beating-case/?test=latestnews#ixzz1oJ8DQRbb
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