7 to hang for Sudan child rape
2013-02-18 17:31
Khartoum - A Sudanese judge sentenced seven men to hang
for the drugging and rape of a 14-year-old girl, the victim's lawyer said on
Monday, calling the sentence "more than just".
Cases of gang rape are rare in the Islamist-run state.
Six minors who also abused the girl were sentenced to 10
years each in a reformatory, Judge Ahmed Khalil Albahar ruled, according to the
lawyer Salma Mohammedahmed Hamed.
"He found them guilty by the evidence he received of
raping a child," the lawyer told AFP.
Judge Albahar issued the verdict on Sunday at a court in
Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, Hamed said.
The crime occurred in May last year after the men
kidnapped the girl from her home.
All 13 of them abused her.
"They gave her a cup of juice containing drugs and
then raped her," Hamed said.
In his verdict, the judge cited a presidential directive
calling for heavier punishments of sex crimes.
Hamed said the girl was treated at a rape trauma centre
and has returned to school.
