A mother has maintained her innocence as she was led into custody for forcing her 20-year-old daughter to marry a man who would later murder her.
Sakina Muhammad Jan, 48, did not react as Victorian County Court Judge Fran Dalziel sentenced her to three years behind bars.
Sakina Muhammad Jan during her trial at the Melbourne County Court.Credit: Chris Hopkins
A jury found Jan forced her daughter Ruqia Haidari to marry Mohammad Ali Halimi in August 2019.
On Monday, Jan told the court through an interpreter that she has not done anything wrong.
She will be released from custody on a recognisance order after 12 months and faces deportation to Afghanistan once released.
Jan initially refused to sign the recognisance order, maintaining she could not accept it.
Ruqia Haidari was murdered by a man she was forced to marry.
The court was told Jan coerced Ms Haidari into the marriage after the 20-year-old’s first arranged marriage ended in divorce.
Halimi killed his young bride five months later and is serving a life prison term for her murder.