Death upheld for man in little girl’s murder

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KUWAIT CITY, Dec 30: The Appeals Court upheld the verdict of the First Instance Court which sentenced a Kuwaiti man to death by hanging for beating and torturing to death a five-year-old girl in Qussor.

The higher court also commuted the death sentence imposed on a Kuwaiti woman – the girl’s mother – to 10 years in jail. Case files indicate that in early August 2018, the Operations Unit in the Ministry of Interior received a call from the mother saying her daughter fell and was no longer moving.

Securitymen and paramedics rushed to the location and they found traces of beating and torture on the girl’s body. During investigation, the mother confessed that while she was with her daughter, her boyfriend beat the girl until she died.

The Public Prosecution asked the court to impose the harshest punishment on the mother and her boyfriend – death by hanging – for killing the child. Photos of the girl showed injuries and burns in different parts of her body, indicating that she was tortured.

By Jaber Al-Hamoud Al-Seyassah Staff

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