A Pakistan court has indicted five relatives accused of stoning a pregnant woman to death for marrying against the family’s wishes.

The 12-year-old Scottish girl at the centre of an international custody battle told a Pakistan court today that her mother refused to allow her to perform Muslim prayers, and forced her to eat un-Islamic food.

Lawyers for the Briton accused of the kidnap and murder of reporter Daniel Pearl said today that evidence their client was detained illegally will likely win his acquittal.