内容摘要：Greenland - the world's biggest island, between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans - has been controlled by Denmark, nearly 3,000km (1,860 miles) away, for about 300 years.

Greenland - the world's biggest island, between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans - has been controlled by Denmark, nearly 3,000km (1,860 miles) away, for about 300 years.

He controlled every aspect of their lives by telling them how to dress, what to eat, where they could go and who they could speak to, the court were told.Described as a "psycho" by one of the women, he would cut up their clothes, demand access to their phones and social media accounts, and insisted on lengthy, written apologies if they broke any of his rules.

After raping one of the women, he strangled her when she took a pregnancy test, the court heard.During the trial, De Bathe, who chose not to give evidence, was accused of intimidation and was criticised for smirking.The women described how De Bathe pressured them into taking nude or topless pictures of themselves, which he would use to manipulate them.

Some of the women were under age when they took pictures of themselves, jurors were told.The court also heard from one woman who was beaten unconscious by De Bathe, and agreed to have sex with him to avoid further attacks.

Karen Cushing, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "None of us can imagine the terror they experienced as a result of his controlling and coercive behaviour.

"Despite claiming to one woman that the police couldn't touch him and that we would never prosecute him, with their evidence, we were able to bring him to justice on behalf of the women that he tried so hard to manipulate and control."Mallika, her older sister, agrees. "It's also to do with social media and being exposed to different people," she says. "You have new connections... contact with people outside our parents' eyes."

Even Ayesha, the oldest sister who is in a cousin marriage, said she doesn't imagine either of her two children will marry their cousins.At the time she married her cousin, she says, "I didn't know any different. My parents were strong in their culture. As the generations move on, the culture is disappearing a bit."

She was aware of the genetic risks when she had her two children. Neither of them have a genetic illness."We did take that on board," she says, on the topic of genetic health. "But I always feel like if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. If the child is going to be born with a disability then it will happen if you are married to a cousin or not."