Saturday, December 10, 2011

Dad who raped teen daughter sentenced to 2,080 lashes (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

In Saudi Arabia, it's amazing that UNNAMED DAD was actually prosecuted for this.

http://wireupdate.com/saudi-man-who-raped-daughter-sentenced-to-2080-lashes.html

Saudi man who raped daughter sentenced to 2,080 lashes
By BNO News

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (BNO NEWS) -- A Saudi man who repeatedly raped his daughter over a seven year period has been sentenced to 13 years in prison and more than 2,000 lashes, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.

The General Court in Mecca, the capital of Makkah province in the country's west, found the defendant whose name has not been released guilty of repeatedly raping his teenage daughter over a seven year period while under the influence of drugs, the Okaz newspaper reported.

The authorities became first aware of the case when a relative of the victim's mother told police that the girl was being sexually assaulted by her father. Investigators, which included officers from the religious police, later arrived at the man's house while he was abusing his daughter.

The judge of the court sentenced the father to 13 years imprisonment and 2,080 lashes which he will receive over the course of his prison term. Rape, pedophilia and other forms of sexual misconduct can be punished in Saudi Arabia by lashes, imprisonment and in some cases the death penalty.