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| A woman was sexually abused from the age of five to 22 by her stepfather's family, becoming pregnant at 14, Cardiff Crown Court has been told. | |
| She was terrified when the sexual abuse began when she was a girl shortly after her mother remarried, the jury heard. | |
| The court was told that she was repeatedly abused as a child by her step-uncle and later in life also by her stepfather and step-cousin. | |
| The three, who cannot be named for legal reasons, deny all charges. | |
| When she fell pregnant at the age of 14, the court was told that she was hidden, sometimes in a wardrobe. | |
| Prosecutor Marion Lewis said the first time she saw a doctor she was seven months pregnant. | Prosecutor Marion Lewis said the first time she saw a doctor she was seven months pregnant. |
| "When the baby was born the girl's parents told friends and neighbours it was their own - before flying their daughter to India for an arranged marriage," she said. | |
| She was hidden, sometimes in a wardrobe and visitors were told she'd gone back to India Marion Lewis, prosecuting | She was hidden, sometimes in a wardrobe and visitors were told she'd gone back to India Marion Lewis, prosecuting |
| A step-uncle, 55, is alleged to be the baby's father. | |
| Miss Lewis said the girl went to police in 2008 and told them she had been repeatedly abused from the age of five. | Miss Lewis said the girl went to police in 2008 and told them she had been repeatedly abused from the age of five. |
| "She was frightened and also believed her mother knew what was going on. | |
| "When aged 14 and a pupil at school, her stomach was expanding and a scan revealed she was seven months pregnant," Miss Lewis said. | "When aged 14 and a pupil at school, her stomach was expanding and a scan revealed she was seven months pregnant," Miss Lewis said. |
| "Her mother beat her all over her body apart from the face with a curtain pole. | "Her mother beat her all over her body apart from the face with a curtain pole. |
| "She was hidden, sometimes in a wardrobe and visitors were told she'd gone back to India. | "She was hidden, sometimes in a wardrobe and visitors were told she'd gone back to India. |
| "She was terrified and didn't know how to explain about her step-uncle until she was in labour when she named him and was called a liar by her mother." | "She was terrified and didn't know how to explain about her step-uncle until she was in labour when she named him and was called a liar by her mother." |
| The jury was told when the girl was 18 she was married in India before later returning to the family in Cardiff. | |
| Miss Lewis said: "Back in Cardiff the abuse resumed and her husband later divorced her." | Miss Lewis said: "Back in Cardiff the abuse resumed and her husband later divorced her." |
| While her stepfather continued his abuse, the court heard that two other members of her family then raped and sexually abused her as well. | |
| Her step-uncle, stepfather, 50, and step-cousin, 27, face 22 counts of rape and indecency. | |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |