(ANSA) - Rome, November 22 - Underage marriage may be OK for
Roma culture but it is against Italian law, Italy's top Court of
Cassation said Wednesday, upholding a one-year sentence for a
22-year-old man who married a minor.
A Sassari appeals court had convicted the man for marrying
the girl even though the marriage was consensual and according
to Roma tradition.
The wedding took place in Sardinia in 2011.
The young man was found guilty by a Sassari court of first
instance and then by the appeals court.
Underage Roma marriages not legit (3)
Convicted of sex with minor