DVD of ceremony could form part of evidence as another man is charged with sexual penetration of minor

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A Melbourne Muslim cleric and another man have been charged over the forced marriage of a child.

Imam Ibrahim Omerdic, 61, is charged with conduct that caused a minor to enter into a forced marriage at Noble Park on 29 September last year.

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Omerdic appeared in the Melbourne magistrates court on Friday, along with another man, who cannot be named.

That man is charged with sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16 and being a party to a forced marriage.

A DVD of the ceremony being conducted at a mosque may form part of the evidence, the court was told.

Omerdic’s bail was continued and the other man was further remanded in custody until the case resumes on 3 February.

• This article was amended on 16 January 2017 for legal reasons to remove the name of the second man charged.