Egyptian couple tosses baby into Nile

An Egyptian court convicted young couple of throwing their baby, born out of wedlock, into the Nile and sentenced each to one year in prison.

The convicts were engaged to each other when they had the baby that they tossed into the river in Cairo late last year, reports said. The couple disposed of the newborn for fear of public disgrace after they conceived it out of wedlock and found it hard to financially support the baby.

A witness told the court that he was fishing in the Nile when he saw a baby corpse floating. He reported the incident to police. When the body was recovered, it was found decomposed.