EXCLUSIVE 'I defied my parents to wed a Masai warrior': British woman who converted to Islam for Kenyan tribesman she met aged 16 says marriage collapsed when he 'cheated on her'
She admits she was a naive 16-year-old schoolgirl and Kenyan-born Juma Hassan, by then 30, was touring the UK as part of a Maasai dance-troupe and stayed in Cleethorpes, where the teenager lived.
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