Alan Moher, 57, of Salford, divorced his wife, Caroline, in 2016 after 21 years, with the couple getting a divorce later in family court in 2019. But he can not remarry in a synagogue without a “handle” . – a document that officially recognizes the end of marriage in the Orthodox Jewish faith. The Southwark Crown Court heard that Moher hid the document in order to prevent Caroline from remarrying. Prosecutor Anthony Metzer QC said the defendant offered his then-wife .000 700,000 in a civil divorce with the provider or 7 780,000 without it. She told the court that in August 2015, she was “so exhausted” by the “psychological and emotional abuse” she had suffered that she tried to commit suicide. Metzer said, “What color do you want your tombstone to be?” Judge Martin Beddoe sentenced Moher to 18 months in prison and ordered him to pay .000 11,000 in costs after hearing a guilty plea. Explaining the sentence, the judge said: “You tried to manipulate her and control her all knowing that this would substantially affect her mental health and in some respects also her physical health.” A statement from Caroline said, “Imagine being put in a tight jacket, gagging, your arms and legs tied. You are blindfolded. You are in a cold, dark place. Your only weapon is what you can hear. You depend on your kidnapper to set you free. That way I still feel married to Alan. “ In defense, Jeffrey Israel asked the court to “treat him as a person with a previous good character” and asked the judge to consider his client’s autism and ADHD. Mocher was originally due to stand trial in Southwark last February before changing his guilty plea. When Moher received a letter from Caroline’s lawyer notifying him of the divorce proceedings, he told Caroline to “get angry” and “curl up and die,” the court heard. The court also heard of a previous conviction Moher received after a family court hearing in Manchester when she “shouted at her badly” and told her “she would take what she owed”. “To those who coerce and control emotionally, have physically hurt and dehumanized their spouses: the law will not allow you to escape your crimes,” Caroline said outside the court. Addressing the victims, she said: “You are not alone and justice and humanity are on your side.”
