The trial against the Norwegian-Iraqi family has received much media attention. Central to the case has been whether the ceremony the girl participated in when she was 13 years old, was a marriage or not. The prosecutor emphasized in his procedural that the victim against her will was forced to live in a conjugal relationship with her cousin in the apartment of his parents, and that she is in this relationship was also subjected to repeated physical punishment both by her cousin, uncle and aunt. The girl's plea for help was rejected and the parents made no attempt to get her daughter out of the situation. In their testimony the parents rejected that she was married, and they claimed that they never heard her say that she was beaten, kicked and sexually abused. The prosecutor meant there was little reason to believe this explanation.
The six years older cousin has been found guilty of rape and coercion against her cousin for several years, and has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison by Oslo District Court. Both the aunt, the girl's father and mother has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. For the mother, two and a half years were made a suspended sentence. In addition, the four sentenced have to pay NOK 250,000 in compensation. The girl's uncle, described as head of the family and the one who arranged the marriage, was also indicted, but was not on trial. He is still wanted internationally and is probably staying in Iraq.