Serial child rapist handed down death sentence
The pair sentenced to death are aged 23 and 24 whilst the one sentenced to life in jail is 16. PHOTO: AFP
The Child Protection Court of Peshawar has announced death sentence for a man accused of raping three minor girls and killing two of them, after his guilt was established before the court.
He was handed down death sentence three times along with life imprisonment three times under other sections of the law. A Rs2.7 million fine was also imposed on him.
The case was prosecuted by Public Prosecutors Bilal Arif and Ziaul Qamar Safi. According to them, Sohail alias Malinge was accused of raping minor girls in the jurisdiction of West Cantt Police Station, East Cantt Police Station and Gulberg Police Station in July 2022. He killed two of them brutally after the assault, while one girl miraculously survived near Imran Arcade in Gulberg.
Police formed different teams to investigate these incidents and arrested the accused after DNA testing. The public prosecutors told the court that these incidents shook the entire society.
The Child Protection Court started the case trial and presented witnesses and medical evidence. Public prosecutors said that the accused Sohail alias Malinge raped and killed a minor girl in the Railways Quarter of the East Cantt Police Station.
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The pair sentenced to death are aged 23 and 24 whilst the one sentenced to life in jail is 16. PHOTO: AFP The Child Protection Court of Peshawar has announced death sentence for a man accused of raping three minor girls and killing two of them, after his guilt was established before the court. He was handed down death sentence three times along with life imprisonment three times under other sections of the law. A Rs2.7 million fine was also imposed on him. The case was prosecuted by Public Prosecutors Bilal Arif and Ziaul Qamar Safi. According to them, Sohail alias Malinge was accused of raping minor girls in the jurisdiction of West Cantt Police Station, East Cantt Police Station and Gulberg Police Station in July 2022. He killed two of them brutally after the assault, while one girl miraculously survived near Imran Arcade in Gulberg. Police formed different teams to investigate these incidents and arrested the accused after DNA testing. The public prosecutors told the court that these incidents shook the entire society. The Child Protection Court started the case trial and presented witnesses and medical evidence. Public prosecutors said that the accused Sohail alias Malinge raped and killed a minor girl in the Railways Quarter of the East Cantt Police Station.
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