California Girl
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This was a smart modern girl. Good for her, she took the case to the British law system. If she had taken this to a shaira "court" nothing would have happened to the brother. Most likely they would have agreed with what the borther did to his sister.
Actually, she didn't necessarily 'take the case to the British' legal system. She, in all likelihood, called the police, the police investigated and passed the file to the Crown Prosecution Service. She did not testify. Therefore, the case proceeded without the victim, as is standard in the British system, for DV cases. She could not have taken the case to a Sharia Court in the UK. This is a criminal prosecution. It is dealt with by the CPS... no other court has jurisdiction.
In calling the police she put all of this into the British legal system.
From what i understand, (i may be wrong) there would have been pressure on her not to call the "police" and to put the complaint in from of the shaira "courts" Thus keeping it all away from normal "law" and out of the "British legal system"
The likelihood is that she called 999 for an ambulance.... that's the NHS... the NHS are legally obligated to report such incidents to the police. Hence, she may not have called the police herself. It really makes no difference, once the police find out, they are duty bound to investigate and proceed and they pass the file to the CPS who decide if and who to prosecute. Simple.