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A controlling father who starved his daughter and treated her like a slave has avoided jail.
The 17-year-old was subjected to 11 years of physical and emotional abuse at the taxi driver’s hands.
He threw cutlery and a metal pole at her, said he would burn down the house with her in it and threatened to chop her up into pieces.
The Ravensthorpe man labelled the frightened girl a prostitute when she attempted to dress in more western clothing and forced her to wear a headscarf and read the Koran.
He had denied charges of assault and engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour but was found guilty following a trial at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court.