A girl aged five is thought to have become Britain's youngest victim of forced marriage. She was one of an astonishing 400 children helped by the Government's Forced Marriage Unit during the last year, it has emerged. The shocking revelations have come to light as a public consultation into criminalising forced marriage draws to a close today. Amy Cumming, joint head of the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU), told the BBC that more than a quarter - 29 per cent - of the cases it handled in 2011-12 involved minors.
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