At 16, Payzee Mahmod was coerced by her Iraqi-Kurdish family in London into marrying a man around twice her age. Two years later her elder sister Banaz, who had left a marriage she was forced into aged 17, was murdered by members of her family in a so-called honor killing. Laws in England and Wales, which allow 16- and 17-year-olds to get married as long as they have parental consent ...
