An Abu Dhabi court handed down 10-year prison sentences to a couple who beat their nine-year-old daughter causing her permanent scars and damage, newspapers reported yesterday.
Nouf’s father and stepmother confessed to beating her frequently as a disciplinary measure, while the stepmother admitted to sticking a hot knife against her thigh, The National said.
The girl’s paternal grandmother and a maid said the accused used to beat her on the head, sometimes smashing it to the wall, and singed the girl’s face and body by using hot utensils, Al Itihad reported.
Nouf’s case made the headlines this month after Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, paid a visit in hospital to the ill girl, whose case caused an outcry in the country, where such cases of child abuse are rare.
The court also ordered the couple, whose identity and nationality were not disclosed for legal reasons, to pay a fine of 160,000 dirhams ($44,000) for abusing their daughter.
But newspapers identified Nouf as an Emirati, meaning at least the father is a local.
Nouf is receiving treatment at a hospital in Abu Dhabi, where doctors say she was admitted in critical condition earlier this month.
Doctors alerted the police when they discovered bruises and burns on Nouf’s body, which did not match the father’s story that she had fallen off her bicycle. The couple have 30 days to appeal the maximum terms which were handed down.
Well, at least the Crown Prince cares about abuse. At least when it doesn't concern his family:
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=287352...
Child beaters get 10-year jail terms
AFP/Dubai
An Abu Dhabi court handed down 10-year prison sentences to a couple who beat their nine-year-old daughter causing her permanent scars and damage, newspapers reported yesterday.
Nouf’s father and stepmother confessed to beating her frequently as a disciplinary measure, while the stepmother admitted to sticking a hot knife against her thigh, The National said.
The girl’s paternal grandmother and a maid said the accused used to beat her on the head, sometimes smashing it to the wall, and singed the girl’s face and body by using hot utensils, Al Itihad reported.
Nouf’s case made the headlines this month after Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, paid a visit in hospital to the ill girl, whose case caused an outcry in the country, where such cases of child abuse are rare.
The court also ordered the couple, whose identity and nationality were not disclosed for legal reasons, to pay a fine of 160,000 dirhams ($44,000) for abusing their daughter.
But newspapers identified Nouf as an Emirati, meaning at least the father is a local.
Nouf is receiving treatment at a hospital in Abu Dhabi, where doctors say she was admitted in critical condition earlier this month.
Doctors alerted the police when they discovered bruises and burns on Nouf’s body, which did not match the father’s story that she had fallen off her bicycle. The couple have 30 days to appeal the maximum terms which were handed down.