DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPIST, KILLER OF BOY IN ABU DHABI
abu dhabi — Following the recent execution of a man who sexually assaulted and killed an eight-year-old boy in Dubai, the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court of First Instance on Monday sentenced another man to death, after he was found guilty of the rape and murder of an 11-year-old boy.
“The child’s family had also demanded the death penalty if the killer is found guilty of the charges,” said Judge Aktham Abdul Mounem.
A panel of three judges unanimously agreed on the death sentence because of the gravity of the crime.
The 33-year-old Pakistani man has been on trial for strangling Azan Majid to death after raping him on the rooftop of the boy’s Abu Dhabi building. The boy went missing on June 1 after he went to a nearby mosque for prayers during the holy month of Ramadan.
The accused was also ordered to pay Dh200,000 compensation to the child’s family for the psychological damages they have suffered from their child’s death.
The boy’s family, including his father, Russian mother and paternal grandfather, had in the previous hearings insisted that they would not pardon the killer under any circumstance.
“I’m asking the government that the killer be executed in public so that everyone learns that killing an innocent soul is very bad and is punishable by death,” said Dr Majed Janjua, the deceased child’s father.
abu dhabi — The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court of First Instance on Monday sentenced a Pakistani man to death, after he was found guilty of the rape and murder of an 11-year-old boy.
The 33-year-old Pakistani man has been on trial for strangling Azan Majid to death after raping him on the rooftop of the boy’s Abu Dhabi building.
Reading out the verdict, Judge Aktham Abdul Mounem said a panel of the three judges had unanimously agreed on the death sentence because of the gravity of the crime. “The child’s family had also demanded the death penalty if the killer is found guilty of the charges,” said Abdul Mounem.
The court also ordered the accused to pay Dh200,000 compensation to the child’s family for the psychological damages they have suffered from their child’s death.
After hearing the verdict, Dr Majed Janjua, the deceased child’s father, said the convict should be executed in public. “I’m asking the government that the killer be executed in public so that everyone learns that killing an innocent soul is very bad and is punishable by death,” Dr Januja told reporters after the court hearing on Monday. “It’s good that the killer has been sentenced to death. We had full trust in Abu Dhabi’s judicial system; justice has been served,” said an emotional Janjua.
The Pakistani boy went missing on June 1 after he went to a nearby mosque for prayers during Ramadan. His body was found the next day on the rooftop of the building on the Muroor Road, where he was living with his father and stepmother. Court records stated that the boy was sexually abused and strangled to death with a rope by the Pakistani national, who is also related to the child.
The police revealed that the man cross-dressed to carry out the kidnapping and rape, after luring the boy into going with him to the building rooftop.
The Abu Dhabi Public Prosecution had charged the man with
It’s good that the killer has been sentenced to death. We had full trust in Abu Dhabi’s judicial system and justice has been served.” Dr Majed Janjua, father of the victim
premeditated murder, raping the child, cross-dressing and driving a car without a number plate.
The man had denied all charges against him throughout his hearing. He told the judge that his confession during the police and public prosecution interrogation was all made under duress.
Prosecutors had demanded that the man be given the death penalty if convicted, because he committed grave sins that affected not only the child’s family but also the entire community.
The boy’s family, including his father, Russian mother and paternal grandfather, had in the previous hearings insisted that they would not pardon the killer under any circumstance.
A death penalty can be appealed within 14 days after the issuance of the ruling, according to the UAE laws.