Woman who married illegal migrant she met in Australia is rescued after he took her to Pakistan, ‘kept her prisoner and beat her every day for 12 years’

A woman who married a Pakistani immigrant she met in Australia was rescued after allegedly keeping her locked up and beating her every day for 12 years.

French national Sylvie Yasmina, 54, agreed to move to Pakistan with her husband, who was allegedly living illegally in Australia, but later claimed he was left in hell for more than a decade.

She told police she was held with her five children and they eventually had to live together in an ‘extremely dilapidated room’ in the remote village of Bara.

Ms Yasmina claimed her ‘very violent’ husband attacked their family ‘on a daily basis’.

He was found covered in bruises by police at the property, where they said they were ‘effectively imprisoned’.

The mother and her children were finally rescued when one of her sons managed to sneak away and reported the situation to the police, and their home was raided.

The couple married in Australia in 2003. moved the family here Pakistan In 2014.

Miss Yasmina claims that from that moment on, she was deprived of all contact with the outside world for 12 years.

“According to the woman… she was not allowed to meet anyone, her two older children had missed classes and her three younger children were born in Pakistan and had never been enrolled in school,” a senior police officer said. BBC Urdu.

‘We are deprived [of our] freedom, my husband did not take care of us properly as a husband and father of my children.

“He beat us and put pressure on our lives every day,” the mother of five wrote in her statement to the police.

He added: ‘I felt like my future was already ruined and the children’s futures were going to be ruined too.’

Speaking to local media, Ms Yasmina said: ‘I came to Bara in 2014 and went through very difficult circumstances with my own family.’

He thanked the relevant authorities for ‘saving us and getting us out of a very difficult situation’.

Anne said: ‘I’m grateful for your help, for our life… It’s been very, very difficult, we’ve had some really bad times since 2014, so I’m so grateful to you for helping us.

‘I am very grateful to all the staff, thank you very much. They made us feel very comfortable without any pressure.

‘I am so grateful for my life and my children’s lives. Thank you very much.’

Police said the victims were taken to a women’s shelter in Peshawar and planned to return to France.

Ms. Yasmina’s husband has not been identified by the authorities.