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A mum has revealed how synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie begged her to secretly become his “second wife” — even though the pair were already married in an Islamic ceremony. ‌

The convicted rapist and terrorist, who killed two people and injured four others in last week’s Heaton Park synagogue attack , had hidden the fact he already had a wife and child living in Manchester. ‌

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told how Al-Shamie married her after insisting they could only have a relationship if they were “man and wife”. She later discovered his lies — and says he subjected her to horrific mental and sexual abuse. ‌

“He was nice, then he was vile. Nice. Vile,” she said. “It was his way or no way. He said that before we had a relationship, we nee

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