Charges have been dropped against a mother and father who were accused of kidnapping and beating up their daughter for refusing an arranged marriage.
Enam Hmeed and her husband Mohamed Al-Fadhli were arrested in April after police allegedly found their daughter Rhonda in their rural convenience store with a metal chain padlocked to her neck.
They were accused of assaulting their daughter in Dubbo in western NSW after finding out she was still in contact with her boyfriend, who had asked for their permission to marry her.
That proposal was refused because Mr Al-Fadhli allegedly wanted Rhonda to marry his brother's son - the woman's first cousin - in an arranged marriage.
The mother and father were each charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
However, these charges were withdrawn by police prosecutors at Dubbo Local Court on October 9.
Police facts sheets seen by AAP before the case was dropped alleged that Ms Hmeed grabbed her daughter by the hair and hit her head multiple times against a concrete wall.
She was also accused of biting Rhonda and attacking her with a garden hose.
Mr Al-Fadhli was accused of locking a silver chain around her neck before repeatedly attacking her with the hose.
Australian law bans marriage between siblings or to a descendent, such as a grandchild, but cousins are permitted to marry if both parties are freely entering the wedlock.
