A marriage between a 90-year-old man and his 15-year-old bride has reportedly been dissolved.

The match, which saw the man offer her parents a 45,000 riyal (£10,500) dowry, culminated in a ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after which the distressed teenager barricaded herself in her room and refused to come out.

Suhaila Zein al-Abedin, a member of the Saudi National Association for Human Rights (NSHR), had urged authorities to intervene "as soon as possible to save this child from tragedy."

Abedin told Al Arabiya marriage in Islam must be based on mutual consent, and this was not satisfied, as demonstrated by the girl's decision to lock herself in her room.

The elderly man however, described his nuptial as "legal and correct" and said the girl's behaviour on their wedding night made him "suspicious of some kind of conspiracy".

The groom eventually allowed her family to console her, but when she refused to return to him, demanded the return of the dowry.

According to Gulf News, the family said they had spent the dowry, prompting the spurned groom to take them to court.

The channel adds: "Following several sessions, the court last week ruled the end of the marriage, but said that the family had to give the dowry back.

"However, the 90-year-old said that the case was still open and that the divorce had been pronounced by the leader of the tribe and not by an official judge."

The groom told the paper he does not want the dowry back and still wants his wife to come home to him.

He added: "I am going to take the case to a court this week to rule on the conspiracy by the family to take my money.My wife's family have now taken her out to Riyadh so that I cannot reach her."

Jamal Al-Twairqi, a psychologist, told the Saudi Gazette the girl is too young to make a decision on her marriage and warned if forced to go back to her husband, she might commit suicide.

According to Saudi newspaper Al Yawm, it is not the man's first marriage to an adolescent - 18 months ago he married a Yemei girl who was also just 15.

A source said: "She stayed with him for about one month before fleeing and seeking help from a village dignitary."

This is unbelievable
What a smart girl
I hope they don't have to return the dowry jor
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/08/saudi-marriage-between-man-90--girl-15-dissolved-_n_2430000.html

This is absolutely ridiculous ...
90yrs old and 15yrs old

At least this one didn't allow him touch her
How did the other 15 year old last one month
Chai
Tufiakwa

Chukwu kpo kwa Nwoko'a okwu.

Anu mpam

His great great grand daughter nko?

The girl's family obviously needed the money..
See as dem don spend am sharp sharp.
...and the shameless 90-year old sef wan use hin shrunken blokous infest fresh young blood..
God don pass am this time!

Greediness on d part of d parent and shamelessness on d part of d old man.

hahahahaha this man should be more interested in preparing for his impending death. What does he need sex for at 90?

davidylan: hahahahaha this man should be more interested in preparing for his impending death. What does he need sex for at 90?

You will find out when you're ninety, but no one will listen to you because you'll be perceived as a senile old man.

davidylan: hahahahaha this man should be more interested in preparing for his impending death. What does he need sex for at 90?

Lol!

You wicked o!

What kind of parents will want to give their teen daughter out to a soon to be dead 90yr old man? This is shameful.

fellis: What kind of parents will want to give their teen daughter out to a soon to be dead 90yr old man? This is shameful.

A dirt poor family with no scruples whatsoever, who value money way more than their daughter's happiness or well being.

Efemena_xy:

A dirt poor family with no scruples whatsoever, who value money way more than their daughter's happiness or well being.

They must have no scruples indeed for them to have done something like this to their own child. Being poor does not justify their actions.

^^ True that.

But you've got to admit that in their case, being poor was the driving factor behind their actions.

Let's factor in illiteracy too.

Seun:
You will find out when you're ninety, but no one will listen to you because you'll be perceived as a senile old man.

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davidylan: hahahahaha this man should be more interested in preparing for his impending death. What does he need sex for at 90?

When his " this thing" is still working?