Father of child bride bailed

The father of a 12-year-old bride has been freed on bail to reappear in court next month.

A NSW father who allegedly gave his 12-year-old daughter sex advice and arranged an unlawful marriage between her and a man has been granted bail.

The 61-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with procuring a child under 14 for unlawful sexual activities and being an accessory before the fact to sexual intercourse with a person under 14.

He was bailed on Monday and is due to reappear at Burwood Local Court on July 21.

A 26-year-old Lebanese man, who has had his student visa cancelled and been placed in immigration detention, has already been charged with 25 counts of sexual intercourse with a child between 10 and 14 years.

Police allege the young girl's father facilitated the sexual assault of his daughter by actively arranging the "unlawful marriage" in NSW in January 2014.

Court documents say the Hunter Valley girl met the 26-year-old University of Newcastle student in November 2013 after he approached her father and expressed a wish to meet her.


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