- Girl, 17, had agreed to marry man in his 20s after meeting him at her home
- Later discovered husband on wedding contract was nearly 100 years old
- She has won court case to have her marriage declared 'null and void'
A Saudi girl was forced to call the police on her father after he duped her into marrying a man who was nearly 100 years old.
The 17-year-old had initially accepted her father's wish for her to marry a handsome man in his 20s after meeting the groom-to-be at her house.
But when the wedding contract was drawn up, she was horrified to discover that the paperwork showed her new husband was a different man in his 90s who lived in another city.
Refusing to accept the arrangement, the teenager fled home and called police to prevent her being sent to her new groom in Medina.
The case eventually went to a court which ruled that her marriage should be declared 'null and void', it was reported by local news site Sabq, according to Gulfnews.com.
After the case made national headlines, the father, who lives in the southern area of Jazan, was accused by social media users of 'selling his daughter to the old man'.
While praising the girl for her courage, they say legal action should be taken against him for abusing his daughter's trust.
The case follows that of a 15-year-old child bride from Jazan who locked herself in her bedroom on her wedding night after being forced to marry a 90-year-old Saudi man.
It was reported in January last year that the teenager locked the door from the inside so that her new husband could not enter on their first night as a married couple.
Two days later, she fled back to her parents' home.
The 15-year-old’s arranged marriage sparked outrage and widespread condemnation in Saudi Arabia where activists took to Twitter calling it child trafficking and prostitution.
Her elderly husband said he paid the parents £10,767 for the teenager so they could wed.
But he later claimed he suspected his bride and her parents had set out to swindle him of the dowry.
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