Azad, 22, who played Padma Patil in the hit film
franchise, feared for her life during the three-hour ordeal last year,
Manchester Crown Court heard. According to the Press Association, she was
punched, dragged around by her hair and strangled by her brother Ashraf Azad,
28, who threatened to kill her after he found her talking on the phone to her
Hindu boyfriend.
The assault occurred during a dispute at the family home in
Longsight, Manchester, which also involved her mother and father. During the
row she was branded a "slag" (slut) and a "prostitute" and
told: "Marry a Muslim or you die!" The actress, who now lives in
London, had asked the court
not to jail her older brother. But judge Roger Thomas
sent him to prison for six months after he pleaded guilty to the assault.
"This persistent attack was accompanied by serious and very hurtful abuse
and threats," the judge told the defendant. "The background to this
offense lies in the concern that you, and perhaps other family members, had
about Afshan's relationship with a young man who was not of the Islamic
faith."
Brother jailed for attack on Harry Potter actress
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