A FAMILY tried to bundle a young woman into a car after an "honour" row over her dating a non-Muslim.

And now Samira Illyas's father, brother and sister have been made subject to an ASBO banning them from contacting her.

Samira, of Blackburn, was harassed over a number of months by her father Mohammed, 57, brother Maddasar, 26, and sister Shazia, 29, a court heard.

Preston Crown Court was told the 24-year-old's family objected to her seeing a white man and used violence and abusive language in their attempts to get her to go back to the family home in Oxfordshire.

Judge Alan Taylor described the offence as a "nasty and unpleasant" incident.

The court heard Samira, who had an arranged marriage when she was just 17, moved from her family home in Oxford when her marriage broke down.

She moved to live in Blackburn to support her sister Shazia whose young son was suffering from a terminal illness.

It was while living with Shazia in Swallow Drive, Blackburn, that she started working for a company in Eanam Wharf where she met colleague Gary Jones.

The pair hit it off and moved in together, the court was told.

Prosecutor Louise Whaite said: "In the year 2000 Samira married her cousin. On returning to the UK she lived together in the family home in Banbury.

"In 2002 that relationship disintegrate and she went live with Shazia in Blackburn helping her to care for her child who was terminally ill.

"Unfortunately he passed away in the summer of 2005.

"Samira stayed with her sister to provide support but then moved. In 2006 she worked for a company in Blackburn and developed a relationship in April last year with Gareth Jones.

"When Shazia discovered the relationship she wasn't happy. She disapproved because he was white and a non Muslim. She said she was going to carry on with the relationship.

"Her father contacted her in August and he was distressed. He said she was bringing shame and dishonour on the family name because he was white and a non-Muslim, he said she could live with whoever she wanted to as long as he was Pakistani.

"He told her her brothers were going to travel up and said he would travel to Blackburn. She made it clear she didn't want to leave Blackburn and didn't want to go anywhere."

The court heard on September 26 last year Samira finished work at around 7pm in Eanam Wharf and met up with Gareth.

She was walking towards Asda and saw her father in a car which pulled over and stopped.

Miss Whaite said: "Mohammed and Maddaser both got out and as they approached her Gareth told her to run.

"She saw Shazia's car pull up."

Miss Whaite said Shazia''s car pulled up, Maddaser approached her, grabbing her arm and called her offensive names.

He then hit her across the back and forced her into the car, she said.

Miss Whaite said: "Shazia helped Maddasser force her into the car when she got out and Mohammed joined in. Gary called his brother on his mobile phone then ran back to help Samira.

"She was then bundled into the back of Shazia's car but she got out. Her dad said we have come to talk to you' and passed her to Maddaser and tried to force her into her dad's car.

"Mohammed Ilyas was forcing Gary back.

"Gary Jones' brother came and pushed Maddasar away. The police were contacted and the two men were arrested. Shazia was also arrested an interviewed.

"They all denied any offence and said they came to speak to her about the relationship and nothing more. Samira sustained some bruising to her leg."

The defendants had pleaded guilty to an offence of affray at an earlier hearing. Each given conditional discharges after serving three-and-a-half months in prison while on remand.

They were also ordered to sign a Criminal Anti Social Behaviour Order and ordered to not contact Samira via phone, text, email, in writing for two years.

And they were each ordered to pay £200 in costs.

Sentencing Judge Alan Taylor said: "I fully appreciate there are always in such cases personal reasons why you do not wish a member of your family to act in a certain way but in a free society it's up to her how she acts."

After the case, Sergeant John Rigby, of Lancashire Police's ethnic minorities team, said: "Sadly offences of this nature which are tagged under the honour headings happen all too often. Samira has been extremely brave in giving evidence against her immediate family. She was of the mindset if I can't do this to help myself, who is going to be the next victim?'."