Death of girl: Prosecution objects to plea of stepmother

Manama : The Public Prosecution has objected against the appeal of a stepmother who was recently sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for torturing her nine-year-old stepdaughter to death, it was announced yesterday.

Family and Child Prosecution Chief Attorney Amina Isa explained that the woman appealed against the verdict issued by the Fourth Criminal Court on April 11, while the second defendant, the father of the victim, was acquitted. Isa confirmed that the stepmother’s appeal will be reviewed by the First Supreme Criminal Court of Appeal on May 14.

As reported earlier on DT News, the case was reported in Hidd in Muharraq Governorate in August, 2016. The Bahraini father informed the police that his daughter, Zahra, has been injured after falling in the bathroom of their house.

According to the official coroner’s report, multiple injuries that occurred on different occasions were detected on the girl’s corpse and some of them were fresh and simultaneous to the time of death. Both the father and his 29-year-old wife pleaded not guilty before judges.