Both the Utah and Arizona cases involve an alleged FLDS practice of pairing underage girls with older men.

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Our correspondent says that Mrs Nafeek's wish for other girls not to go abroad may not easily come true - just this week two underage girls from the same area were apprehended trying to go to Saudi Arabia.

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Prosecutor Michelle Colborne QC told the court on Tuesday: ''They acted together travelling from their various home addresses in Leeds and Halifax to the Keighley town centre where they specifically targeted vulnerable girls, all underage.

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