//"The panel did not find it plausible that Mr Nur could have mistaken a 13-year-old child for an 18-year-old"//
Have the panel actually seen any 13 year old girls recently? Many (including my own granddaughter) could easily be taken for 18. As has been said he did not break any UK laws although I find his behaviour abhorrent.
TGT - That law didn't apply when Nur was 'married' to the girl between August 2006 to April 2009.
And strictly speaking he wasn't a 'sex-tourist', he married the girl which seems to have been acceptable in Bangladesh.
I'm glad that he can't teach anymore and suggest that he might be better employed somewhere like Bangladesh, where he obviously prefers their customs.
oh great JTT, if only Gary Glitter had married his victims he'd have been fine! Right oh! if this bloke had sex with his "wife" after this act was in force he can be prosecuted.
Wind your neck in, geezer.
I don't think it is 'correct' and haven't said so.
I *have* said that something needs to actually be 'illegal' before someone can be charged with a criminal offence.
All that it says in the reports is that he was married to her until 2009....not that he had sex with her after the 'sex-tourist' law came into effect.
Wind your neck in TTT - I'm not making excuses, just making a point that many 13 year olds could be taken for 18. This man knew her real age which makes this abhorrent.