Brother of Manchester Harry Potter star jailed

21 January 2011, 10:01 | Updated: 30 March 2016, 13:50

The Brother of a Harry Potter Star from Manchester has been jailed for six months for attacking his sister.

28-year-old Ashraf Azad from Longsight was angry his sister Afshan Azad was dating a non-Muslim. The 22-year-old plays Harry's friend Padma Patil in the movies.

She was punched, kicked and dragged around by her hair when her brother found her on the phone to her Hindu boyfriend last May.

He was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He will spend the next six months behind bars.