EGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING MENTALLY ILL GIRL
June 10, 2021: An Egyptian court had sentenced a man to death by hanging after convicting him of raping a mentally challenged girl in his house, the Gulf News reported on 8 June 2021. The ruling, which can be appealed, was delivered by a criminal court in the southern city of Qena. The case dates back to August last year when the convict, a 42-year-old worker had lured the victim, aged 29 years, into his house and raped her. Initially, the woman could not reveal the identity of the rapist due to a speech disability. However, police investigations managed to identify the culprit, who was found to be a neighbor of the victim. After arrest, he admitted to having lured the woman from outside her house into his apartment and raped her. (Source: Gulf News, 08/06/2021)
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