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Rhys Lloyd, from the domestic violence support charity Leeway, told the BBC that partners controlling activity around money and daily tasks was often an indicator of abuse.

"They are controlling people around them," she said.

"You can't have different groups running different parts of the country, controlling different resources," he added.

Sitting on a cream coloured plastic chair next to her mother, Ms Dabas claimed Harshita's husband was very controlling from the very beginning.

Nanna Blach told the court that Shah had played a "completely central and controlling role" in a scheme that had led to "unjust" payments, adding that the crime had been "meticulously planned and organised".