The custodial dad is identified as HAMAD AL SHIRAWEE. We previously posted about this case here and here. At least the mom got custody of the surviving daughter back....
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/child-safety/wadeema-the-emirati-girl-tortured-to-death-by-her-father
Wadeema: the Emirati girl tortured to death by her father
The National staff
April 12, 2016 Updated: April 12, 2016 06:35 PM
DUBAI // Wadeema, the Emirati girl whose death shocked the nation and prompted the creation of the UAE’s new child protection law, was found buried in the Sharjah desert in 2012.
The eight-year-old was tortured to death by her father, Hamad Al Shirawee, and his girlfriend, Alanoud Al Amri.
The couple lived in a studio flat in International City where, between November 2011 and May 2012, they regularly burnt Wadeema and her younger sister, Mira, who was seven at the time, with irons and cigarettes, poured boiling water over them and beat them with sticks and bars.
Wadeema died after one such attack. Al Shirawee had beat his daughter for an hour with a bar, then locked her up in the bathroom before finding her dead at dawn the next day. She was then wrapped in a white cloth and buried in Al Badayer.
Al Shirawee and Al Amri were arrested after Al Shirawee’s brother paid a visit to their flat to check on Wadeema and her younger sister, who were both reported absent from school for an extended period. The uncle discovered through Mira that her father and his girlfriend had been torturing the two girls and that Wadeema had died.
In February 2013, the Dubai Criminal Court found the couple guilty of torturing both girls, causing the death of Wadeema.
The court sentenced Al Shirawee to death, later reduced to life in prison on appeal. Al Amri was also sentenced to life.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Three months after gaining custody, dad beats 7-year-old daughter to death for saying "I don't love you" (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
The mother losing custody when her daughter turned seven is directly related to sharia law. Father custody is MANDATED by law--and we see what the horrible results are for women and children again and again. This is the "utopia" the fathers rights folks want for us.
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/saudi-dad-beats-7-year-old-daughter-death-saying-i-dont-love-you-650499
Saudi dad beats 7-year-old daughter to death for saying 'I don't love you'
By Johnlee Varghese | Updated: October 14, 2015 15:09 IST
A Saudi man reportedly beat his seven-year-old daughter to death in Riyadh after she told him that she does not love him. The incident took place on the day of Eid Al Adha, the feast of Sacrifice on 24 September, police sources said.
Yara, the victim, was living with her father in Riyadh for the last three months. Her mother had separated from her father and has been raising the child till she was seven years old. "Her father refused to allow her live with me and three months ago, she went to live with him in Riyadh as per the regulations. She did not wish to move in with him, and she was very unhappy," the mother told Saudi daily Al Watan.
On 24 September, the father asked the child if she loved him, to which she replied "I don't love you". Furious at the reaction, the angry father ripped off a pipe from the air conditioner in the room and hit her with it. He then smashed her head with a metal can, police said.
The father in his statement told the police that he was trying to educate her. After punishing the child, he locked her up in a room. But later when he checked up on her, he saw that her condition had deteriorated. The child died on the way to the hospital, he told police.
The case is still pending in the court and the investigation is still on. The father is yet to be arrested.
But as the reports of the incident appeared in media, many in Saudi reacted with outrage against the actions of the father. "This is a most heinous crime and the criminal should be buried alive," Gulf News quoted a social media user, Abu Nawas.
Another social media user, Noor said "He should be put to death without delay."
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/saudi-dad-beats-7-year-old-daughter-death-saying-i-dont-love-you-650499
Saudi dad beats 7-year-old daughter to death for saying 'I don't love you'
By Johnlee Varghese | Updated: October 14, 2015 15:09 IST
A Saudi man reportedly beat his seven-year-old daughter to death in Riyadh after she told him that she does not love him. The incident took place on the day of Eid Al Adha, the feast of Sacrifice on 24 September, police sources said.
Yara, the victim, was living with her father in Riyadh for the last three months. Her mother had separated from her father and has been raising the child till she was seven years old. "Her father refused to allow her live with me and three months ago, she went to live with him in Riyadh as per the regulations. She did not wish to move in with him, and she was very unhappy," the mother told Saudi daily Al Watan.
On 24 September, the father asked the child if she loved him, to which she replied "I don't love you". Furious at the reaction, the angry father ripped off a pipe from the air conditioner in the room and hit her with it. He then smashed her head with a metal can, police said.
The father in his statement told the police that he was trying to educate her. After punishing the child, he locked her up in a room. But later when he checked up on her, he saw that her condition had deteriorated. The child died on the way to the hospital, he told police.
The case is still pending in the court and the investigation is still on. The father is yet to be arrested.
But as the reports of the incident appeared in media, many in Saudi reacted with outrage against the actions of the father. "This is a most heinous crime and the criminal should be buried alive," Gulf News quoted a social media user, Abu Nawas.
Another social media user, Noor said "He should be put to death without delay."
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Dad beats 4-year-old daughter to death for "failing" to cover her head (India)
Dad is identified as JAFAR HUSSAIN.
http://www.asianage.com/india/father-thrashes-four-year-old-death-failing-cover-her-head-388
Father thrashes four-year-old to death for failing to cover her head
Oct 03, 2015 | Age Correspondent
Victim’s mother filed an FIR after the accused asked her to bury the body in their home
Bareilly: In a shocking case, a four-year-old Muslim girl was allegedly thrashed to death by her father for failing to cover her head while eating her food in a village near Bareilly, according to reports.
Uttar Pradesh police said that the incident took place on Friday noon, when the little girl Farheen was having lunch with her mother. The father of the girl, Jafar Hussain flew into a rage when he saw that his daughter did not have her head covered. Hussain then picked the little girl up from the floor and repeatedly flung her against the ground for failing to notice that her dupatta had slipped from her head.
The mother who was eyewitness to the gruesome incident, told the police in her statement that the incident had happened in front of the entire family. The girl’s mother claims that she tried to intervene and save the child, but the accused beat her up. She failed to stop him and he continued to assault the child till she died from the impact of her injuries. Hussain then allegedly asked his wife to bury little Farheen inside their house, but the mother refused to comply with his demand and filed a FIR against him.
“Police have arrested the father for killing his daughter and we are questioning him about the incident,” superintendent of police BK Srivastav said.
The police questioned some of the neighbours, who described the accused as “mentally unstable”, they said that he was a staunch Muslim who did not interact with anybody, not even his relatives. Hussain lives with his wife Naeem and their four children in the village, while their eldest child is five, the youngest is a ten month old baby.
According to the neighbours, the family is extremely poor and sometimes would have to go without food. Fear gripped them when they came to know about Farheen’s murder, and nobody dared enter the house until the police arrived at the crime scene.
http://www.asianage.com/india/father-thrashes-four-year-old-death-failing-cover-her-head-388
Father thrashes four-year-old to death for failing to cover her head
Oct 03, 2015 | Age Correspondent
Victim’s mother filed an FIR after the accused asked her to bury the body in their home
Bareilly: In a shocking case, a four-year-old Muslim girl was allegedly thrashed to death by her father for failing to cover her head while eating her food in a village near Bareilly, according to reports.
Uttar Pradesh police said that the incident took place on Friday noon, when the little girl Farheen was having lunch with her mother. The father of the girl, Jafar Hussain flew into a rage when he saw that his daughter did not have her head covered. Hussain then picked the little girl up from the floor and repeatedly flung her against the ground for failing to notice that her dupatta had slipped from her head.
The mother who was eyewitness to the gruesome incident, told the police in her statement that the incident had happened in front of the entire family. The girl’s mother claims that she tried to intervene and save the child, but the accused beat her up. She failed to stop him and he continued to assault the child till she died from the impact of her injuries. Hussain then allegedly asked his wife to bury little Farheen inside their house, but the mother refused to comply with his demand and filed a FIR against him.
“Police have arrested the father for killing his daughter and we are questioning him about the incident,” superintendent of police BK Srivastav said.
The police questioned some of the neighbours, who described the accused as “mentally unstable”, they said that he was a staunch Muslim who did not interact with anybody, not even his relatives. Hussain lives with his wife Naeem and their four children in the village, while their eldest child is five, the youngest is a ten month old baby.
According to the neighbours, the family is extremely poor and sometimes would have to go without food. Fear gripped them when they came to know about Farheen’s murder, and nobody dared enter the house until the police arrived at the crime scene.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Dad stops lifeguards from rescuing drowning daughter (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/reports/news/a37833/dubai-girl-drowns-dishonour/
10 August, 2015 @ 11:58 AM
Dad stops his daughter being saved from drowning so she wouldn't 'dishonour' him
"[He] considered that if these men touched his daughter, then this would dishonour her."
By Zara Kenyon
A man stopped lifeguards from rescuing his drowning daughter on a beach in Dubai, as he didn't want 'strange men' touching her because, he said, it would 'dishonour her'. As the father grappled with those who were trying to save the 20-year-old, the woman lost her life in the heartbreaking and disturbing incident.
Lt. Col Ahmed Burqibah, deputy director of Dubai Police's Search and Rescue Department described the scene to Emirates 24/7.
He said:"This is one of the incidents which I cannot forget. It shocked me and many others who were involved in the case." The Asian father took his wife and kids to the beach for picnic and fun. The kids were swimming in the beach when suddenly, the 20-year-old girl started drowning and screaming for help.
But, instead of calling for help or running in to rescue her, the woman's father became violent with two lifeguards who tried to save her life.
"'Two rescue men were at the beach, and they rushed to help the girl. However, there was one obstacle which prevented them from reaching the girl and helping her.
"This obstacle was the belief of this Asian man who considered that if these men touched his daughter, then this would dishonour her. It cost him the life of his daughter."
Tragically, by the time the lifeguards fought off the woman's father she had passed away - a fate that the father allegedly said he preferred over having 'strange men' touch her.
"The father was a tall and strong man. He started pulling and preventing the rescue men and got violent with them.
"He told them that he prefers his daughter being dead than being touched by a strange man.
"She died unfortunately, at a time when she had a chance to live, especially that the rescue men were so close to her to pull her out of the water."
The father was later arrested and prosecuted.
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/reports/news/a37833/dubai-girl-drowns-dishonour/
10 August, 2015 @ 11:58 AM
Dad stops his daughter being saved from drowning so she wouldn't 'dishonour' him
"[He] considered that if these men touched his daughter, then this would dishonour her."
By Zara Kenyon
A man stopped lifeguards from rescuing his drowning daughter on a beach in Dubai, as he didn't want 'strange men' touching her because, he said, it would 'dishonour her'. As the father grappled with those who were trying to save the 20-year-old, the woman lost her life in the heartbreaking and disturbing incident.
Lt. Col Ahmed Burqibah, deputy director of Dubai Police's Search and Rescue Department described the scene to Emirates 24/7.
He said:"This is one of the incidents which I cannot forget. It shocked me and many others who were involved in the case." The Asian father took his wife and kids to the beach for picnic and fun. The kids were swimming in the beach when suddenly, the 20-year-old girl started drowning and screaming for help.
But, instead of calling for help or running in to rescue her, the woman's father became violent with two lifeguards who tried to save her life.
"'Two rescue men were at the beach, and they rushed to help the girl. However, there was one obstacle which prevented them from reaching the girl and helping her.
"This obstacle was the belief of this Asian man who considered that if these men touched his daughter, then this would dishonour her. It cost him the life of his daughter."
Tragically, by the time the lifeguards fought off the woman's father she had passed away - a fate that the father allegedly said he preferred over having 'strange men' touch her.
"The father was a tall and strong man. He started pulling and preventing the rescue men and got violent with them.
"He told them that he prefers his daughter being dead than being touched by a strange man.
"She died unfortunately, at a time when she had a chance to live, especially that the rescue men were so close to her to pull her out of the water."
The father was later arrested and prosecuted.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Custodial dad burns 4-year-old daughter who asked to see her mom (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
Fathers rights are institutionalized in Saudi Arabia. Women can't even drive legally. This is the result.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2015/05/06/
Saudi father burns daughter who asked to see her mom
By Saudi Gazette | Jeddah Wednesday, 6 May 2015
A Saudi father was accused of burning his 4-year-old daughter with a lighter after she asked to see her mother, whom he is divorced from.
The ex-wife reported to police that the man was physically and emotionally abusing their child Elana, the local newspaper Al-Watan reported. A source said the mother also claimed that her daughter’s stepmother abused the girl as well.
The source said: “The mother said she got married when she was 20 and her husband started abusing her a year and a half after giving birth to their daughter.
“She reported that he locked her out of the house late at night and locked her in the bathroom until she demanded a divorce.”
The source added the mother remarried and was able to regularly see her daughter before her ex-husband filed a custody case and won, preventing her from seeing her daughter since.
“The mother lived with her husband in Madinah but after her ex-husband won the custody case he remarried and moved to Jeddah. The mother divorced her second husband to live in Jeddah and be able to see her daughter. ”
The source also said the mother saw the burns on her daughter’s left arm on one of her visits. “The mother took her daughter to hospital and reported the father and his wife to police.
“The father admitted that he caused the burn but said he only meant to scare her and not actually burn her.” Elana’s lawyer and legal consultant Assim Al-Mulla said child abuse is one of the most serious offenses in Saudi Arabia.
“Offenders are subjected to a fine of up to SR50,000 in addition to a year in prison. “The father’s case is currently at the Penal Court. We will not rest until the father and any other relative in the family who has abused her receive the maximum punishment as listed by the law.” This article was first published in the Saudi Gazette on May 6, 2015. Last Update: Wednesday, 6 May 2015 KSA 11:09 - GMT 08:09
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2015/05/06/
Saudi father burns daughter who asked to see her mom
By Saudi Gazette | Jeddah Wednesday, 6 May 2015
A Saudi father was accused of burning his 4-year-old daughter with a lighter after she asked to see her mother, whom he is divorced from.
The ex-wife reported to police that the man was physically and emotionally abusing their child Elana, the local newspaper Al-Watan reported. A source said the mother also claimed that her daughter’s stepmother abused the girl as well.
The source said: “The mother said she got married when she was 20 and her husband started abusing her a year and a half after giving birth to their daughter.
“She reported that he locked her out of the house late at night and locked her in the bathroom until she demanded a divorce.”
The source added the mother remarried and was able to regularly see her daughter before her ex-husband filed a custody case and won, preventing her from seeing her daughter since.
“The mother lived with her husband in Madinah but after her ex-husband won the custody case he remarried and moved to Jeddah. The mother divorced her second husband to live in Jeddah and be able to see her daughter. ”
The source also said the mother saw the burns on her daughter’s left arm on one of her visits. “The mother took her daughter to hospital and reported the father and his wife to police.
“The father admitted that he caused the burn but said he only meant to scare her and not actually burn her.” Elana’s lawyer and legal consultant Assim Al-Mulla said child abuse is one of the most serious offenses in Saudi Arabia.
“Offenders are subjected to a fine of up to SR50,000 in addition to a year in prison. “The father’s case is currently at the Penal Court. We will not rest until the father and any other relative in the family who has abused her receive the maximum punishment as listed by the law.” This article was first published in the Saudi Gazette on May 6, 2015. Last Update: Wednesday, 6 May 2015 KSA 11:09 - GMT 08:09
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Custodial dad who raped, tortured, and murdered 5-year-old daughter set free (Saudi Arabia)
This is what institutionalized fathers rights look like, folks. Murdered women and children make up a "special category" of murder victims for which legal justice does not apply. And a mere female is worth less in "blood money" as well.
Vestiges of this still exist in the "secularized" west, where there is still an institutionalized indifference to domestic violence and child abuse victims. There are all kinds of dads that are documented at this site that got minimal punishment for killing their children--or no punishment at all.
Dad is identified as FAYHAN AL-GHAMDI.
http://m.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/saudi-preacher-who-raped-daughter-5-death-freed/2525379/
Saudi preacher who 'raped daughter, 5, to death', freed
John Hall (28th January 2015 6:51 AM)
A ‘celebrity’ Saudi preacher accused of raping, torturing and killing his five-year-old daughter has reportedly been released from custody. Fayhan al-Ghamdi had been accused of killing his daughter Lama.
A 'celebrity' Saudi preacher accused of raping, torturing and killing his five-year-old daughter has reportedly been released from custody after agreeing to pay 'blood money'.
Fayhan al-Ghamdi had been accused of killing his daughter Lama, who suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken back, broken ribs, a broken left arm and extensive bruising and burns. Social workers say she had also been repeatedly raped and burnt.
Fayhan al-Ghamdi admitted using a cane and cables to inflict the injuries after doubting his five-year-old daughter's virginity and taking her to a doctor, according to the campaign group Women to Drive.
Rather than getting the death penalty or receiving a long prison sentence for the crime, Fayhan al-Ghamdi served only a few months in jail before a judge ruled the prosecution could only seek 'blood money'.
Albawaba News reported the judge as saying: "Blood money and the time the defendant had served in prison since Lama's death suffices as punishment."
Fayhan al-Ghamdi, who regularly appears on television in Saudi Arabia, is said to have agreed to pay £31,000 to Lama's mother.
The money is considered compensation under Islamic law, although it is only half the amount that would have been paid had Lama been a boy.
Despite Saudi Arabia's famously strict legal system, Women to Drive say fathers cannot be executed for murdering their children in the country. Equally, husbands cannot be executed for murdering their wives.
Formal objections to the ruling have been raised by three Saudi activists, and the twitter hashtag #AnaLama (which translates as I Am Lama) has been set up.
Local reports say public anger over the settlement is growing across Saudi Arabia, with authorities planning to set up a 24-hour hotline to take calls about child abuse.
Vestiges of this still exist in the "secularized" west, where there is still an institutionalized indifference to domestic violence and child abuse victims. There are all kinds of dads that are documented at this site that got minimal punishment for killing their children--or no punishment at all.
Dad is identified as FAYHAN AL-GHAMDI.
http://m.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/saudi-preacher-who-raped-daughter-5-death-freed/2525379/
Saudi preacher who 'raped daughter, 5, to death', freed
John Hall (28th January 2015 6:51 AM)
A ‘celebrity’ Saudi preacher accused of raping, torturing and killing his five-year-old daughter has reportedly been released from custody. Fayhan al-Ghamdi had been accused of killing his daughter Lama.
A 'celebrity' Saudi preacher accused of raping, torturing and killing his five-year-old daughter has reportedly been released from custody after agreeing to pay 'blood money'.
Fayhan al-Ghamdi had been accused of killing his daughter Lama, who suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken back, broken ribs, a broken left arm and extensive bruising and burns. Social workers say she had also been repeatedly raped and burnt.
Fayhan al-Ghamdi admitted using a cane and cables to inflict the injuries after doubting his five-year-old daughter's virginity and taking her to a doctor, according to the campaign group Women to Drive.
Rather than getting the death penalty or receiving a long prison sentence for the crime, Fayhan al-Ghamdi served only a few months in jail before a judge ruled the prosecution could only seek 'blood money'.
Albawaba News reported the judge as saying: "Blood money and the time the defendant had served in prison since Lama's death suffices as punishment."
Fayhan al-Ghamdi, who regularly appears on television in Saudi Arabia, is said to have agreed to pay £31,000 to Lama's mother.
The money is considered compensation under Islamic law, although it is only half the amount that would have been paid had Lama been a boy.
Despite Saudi Arabia's famously strict legal system, Women to Drive say fathers cannot be executed for murdering their children in the country. Equally, husbands cannot be executed for murdering their wives.
Formal objections to the ruling have been raised by three Saudi activists, and the twitter hashtag #AnaLama (which translates as I Am Lama) has been set up.
Local reports say public anger over the settlement is growing across Saudi Arabia, with authorities planning to set up a 24-hour hotline to take calls about child abuse.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Custodial dad on trial for torture-murder of 10-year-old daughter; due to public protests, could be first father to get death penalty for killing a child (Yemen)
This is what institutionalized fathers rights looks like. YEMEN is a country where mothers--and women in general--are treated like dirt. The only reason custodial dad NOUH ALI SALEH AL-YEMENI might even be held accountable for the torture-murder of his daughter is that THOUSANDS have protested and DEMANDED that he get the death penalty. Normally, daddies get a slap on the wrist for killing their wives and children--if that. All you have to do is call it a matter of "honor" and you can do whatever the hell you want How convenient for a DIRTBAG like this guy.
http://www.yementimes.com/en/1854/report/4838/Trial-ongoing-for-man-who-killed-his-daughter-Public-outrage-could-lead-this-to-be-the-first-time-a-father-is-executed-for-killing-his-daugh.htm
Trial ongoing for man who killed his daughter Public outrage could lead this to be the first time a father is executed for killing his daughter
Published on 26 January 2015 in Report Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki (author)
The murder of Maab on Dec. 26 caused public outrage, leading to an ongoing campaign to expedite the case against her father and introduce a legal precedent by sentencing the father to death.
After torturing his ten-year-old daughter Maab for several days, Nouh Ali Saleh Al-Yemeni, a 30-year-old onyx salesman and resident of Dhamar governorate, drove to Ibb’s Naqil Sumara Mountain on Dec. 26 where he held his pistol to his daughter’s back and pulled the trigger.
The reason: He believed his daughter was no longer a virgin.
Daughters being killed for so-called “dishonorable” behavior—whether it actually happened or not—is not unheard of in Yemen. According to the deputy director of the Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Interior, Mohammad Hizam, “Girls being killed by their families comes as a result of rape, online messaging, befriending boys, being sexually harassed by their own fathers, or as a result of grudges between the parents after they are divorced.”
While the Interior Ministry does not have statistics regarding such incidents, Hizam said he knows of “dozens of similar cases.” Furthermore, the head of the Family Protection Department in the Ministry of Interior, Brigadier Suad Al-Qa’tabi, told the Yemen Times that no father has been sentenced to death for killing his daughter so far. The reason, she said, is fathers’ alleged defense of honor which usually results in the lesser penalty of imprisonment.
“The coordinating authority for NGOs working in the field of child rights held, in cooperation with the civil society organizations of Dhamar, a seminar entitled: ‘Advocating Maab Al-Yemeni’s Case.’”
“The coordinating authority for NGOs working in the field of child rights held, in cooperation with the civil society organizations of Dhamar, a seminar entitled: ‘Advocating Maab Al-Yemeni’s Case.’”
Public pressure for a swift trial #The murder of Maab by her father is unique, according to Hezam, in that it was unusually cruel and grabbed the attention—and captured the anger—of the public.
Similar cases of children being killed by their families usually proceed slowly, if at all. And if they do not get lost somewhere along the way in the country’s disorganized, if not dysfunctional, legal system, the verdict tends to be lenient.
Colonel Muhammad Ali Al-Haddi, the director of the Dhamar Criminal Investigations Bureau, told the Yemen Times that court proceedings would have taken “a very long time” had protests by local residents not expedited the case.
Demonstrations were triggered in Dhamar by photos of Maab’s mutilated corpse, which surfaced online and indicated that the girl had been severely tortured before her death. With considerable evidence implicating the girl’s father in the killing, protesters called for Nouh himself to be killed. Since the first protest on Dec. 29, thousands have been gathering every Thursday and Friday to date, demanding capital punishment for the so-called “killer of innocence.”
Nouh was arrested on the morning of Dec. 27, only hours after killing his daughter. #“During the investigation Al-Yemeni willingly confessed to having murdered his daughter,” Al-Haddi said. “We made him think that we had him under surveillance a few days before he killed his daughter and that denying it would do him no good.”
According to Al-Haddi, the perpetrator was transferred to Ibb governorate’s Criminal Investigation Bureau following his confession. The investigation moved slowly as a result of the country’s political crisis, but, in compliance with protesters’ demands, the case was soon transferred from Ibb to the Criminal Investigation Bureau branch in Dhamar.
The undersecretary of the West Dhamar prosecution office, Ahmad Al-Qeiz, told the Yemen Times that the prosecution finished interrogating the victim’s father and referred the suspect to West Dhamar Preliminary Court on Jan. 12. Only two days later, on Jan. 14 the trial began.
According to Al-Qeiz, “In the first trial session, headed by Abdu Al-Hajuri, the prosecution accused the suspect of willfully killing his daughter Maab.” The allegations are haunting, he said. “The indictment read that the accused tortured and beat his daughter for days. He stabbed her and burned her skin using a clothes hanger and an iron. At night he took her to a vacant area in Naqil Sumara, Ibb governorate, and shot her several times with a pistol, killing her instantly. Leaving her body behind, he left.”
Al-Haddi said the court has definitive evidence proving the suspect is guilty: A video of the father conducting various methods of torture on the ten-year-old girl, which left scars all over her body. Al-Haddi also said there is evidence of careful planning by the father to carry out the killing, as demonstrated by his purchasing of a pistol and his travel plans.
Al-Haddi said the culprit is not considered criminally insane.
According to Al-Qeiz, the prosecution has submitted as evidence the murder weapon and projectiles taken from the girls body, as well as the suspect’s cellphone, which contains video clips of the victim while she was being tortured.
The prosecution is demanding the accused be executed in accordance with article 234 of the Penal Code.
Fuad Al-Khazan, who has a law firm in Sana’a, told the Yemen Times that the normal punishment for a father killing his son or daughter is ten years imprisonment. Where torture is involved, as in Maab’s case, the punishment can be life in prison. According to Al-Khazan, the penal code does not permit for a father to be executed for killing his offspring, and with this specific case there is considerable pressure from the public for the father to be punished by death.
Al-Qeiz expects a verdict will be announced within the coming few days because all evidence indicates the suspect is guilty of a “crime against humanity.” The suspect has thus far not hired a lawyer. Nouh Al-Yemeni admitted to the torture and murder of his daughter Maab and claimed he did so because she was no longer a virgin.
What drove Nouh to kill his daughter?
According to Al-Haddi, Nouh suspected that his daughter was practicing prostitution and had her undergo virginity tests at three different hospitals, the last one being the Specialized Motherhood Hospital in Sana’a.
At all three hospitals it was determined that the ten-year-old was still a virgin. Despite these expert opinions, Nough remained unconvinced.
An interview Nouh gave to Marib Press after his arrest is telling of his unstable condition and relationship with his daughter. “I asked my daughter Maab to read the Holy Quran with her two sisters but she refused. She was sitting in the kitchen chatting with her mother on her cellphone, and then she ran into the bathroom. I told her to come out but she refused, then I threatened to kill her myself if she didn’t not come out,” he said. “When she came out I asked her to tell me the truth about whom she was speaking with otherwise I would kill her.”
Nouh is divorced and has three daughters from the marriage, including Maab. His ex-wife, who is from Ibb governorate, remarried and all three children were left in his custody.
When Maab told him she was chatting with her mother, Nouh said he became upset and hit her. “She told me her mother had forced her to stay on the phone by threatening to tell me, her father, that she was having sexual relationships with boys.” Maab went on to say, according to Nouh’s statement, that her mother made her perform sexual acts with other men with the intent of upsetting him. None of Nouh’s claims could be verified by the Yemen Times.
Brigadier Abdulkarim Al-Odaini, the general director of Dhamar governorate’s police, told the Yemen Times that the perpetrator’s accusations do not justify the murder. He said that preliminary examinations indicate the girl was not raped and did not have sexual relations before. In Al-Odaini’s view, Nouh killed his daughter to get back at his wife who divorced him and re-married someone else.
Nabil Al-Khadher, head of the Sana’a-based human rights organization Dhamanat (“Guarantees”), said the judiciary must punish the perpetrator to the full extent of the law, and agrees that capital punishment is suitable for the nature of Nouh’s crime.
http://www.yementimes.com/en/1854/report/4838/Trial-ongoing-for-man-who-killed-his-daughter-Public-outrage-could-lead-this-to-be-the-first-time-a-father-is-executed-for-killing-his-daugh.htm
Trial ongoing for man who killed his daughter Public outrage could lead this to be the first time a father is executed for killing his daughter
Published on 26 January 2015 in Report Ali Ibrahim Al-Moshki (author)
The murder of Maab on Dec. 26 caused public outrage, leading to an ongoing campaign to expedite the case against her father and introduce a legal precedent by sentencing the father to death.
After torturing his ten-year-old daughter Maab for several days, Nouh Ali Saleh Al-Yemeni, a 30-year-old onyx salesman and resident of Dhamar governorate, drove to Ibb’s Naqil Sumara Mountain on Dec. 26 where he held his pistol to his daughter’s back and pulled the trigger.
The reason: He believed his daughter was no longer a virgin.
Daughters being killed for so-called “dishonorable” behavior—whether it actually happened or not—is not unheard of in Yemen. According to the deputy director of the Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Interior, Mohammad Hizam, “Girls being killed by their families comes as a result of rape, online messaging, befriending boys, being sexually harassed by their own fathers, or as a result of grudges between the parents after they are divorced.”
While the Interior Ministry does not have statistics regarding such incidents, Hizam said he knows of “dozens of similar cases.” Furthermore, the head of the Family Protection Department in the Ministry of Interior, Brigadier Suad Al-Qa’tabi, told the Yemen Times that no father has been sentenced to death for killing his daughter so far. The reason, she said, is fathers’ alleged defense of honor which usually results in the lesser penalty of imprisonment.
“The coordinating authority for NGOs working in the field of child rights held, in cooperation with the civil society organizations of Dhamar, a seminar entitled: ‘Advocating Maab Al-Yemeni’s Case.’”
“The coordinating authority for NGOs working in the field of child rights held, in cooperation with the civil society organizations of Dhamar, a seminar entitled: ‘Advocating Maab Al-Yemeni’s Case.’”
Public pressure for a swift trial #The murder of Maab by her father is unique, according to Hezam, in that it was unusually cruel and grabbed the attention—and captured the anger—of the public.
Similar cases of children being killed by their families usually proceed slowly, if at all. And if they do not get lost somewhere along the way in the country’s disorganized, if not dysfunctional, legal system, the verdict tends to be lenient.
Colonel Muhammad Ali Al-Haddi, the director of the Dhamar Criminal Investigations Bureau, told the Yemen Times that court proceedings would have taken “a very long time” had protests by local residents not expedited the case.
Demonstrations were triggered in Dhamar by photos of Maab’s mutilated corpse, which surfaced online and indicated that the girl had been severely tortured before her death. With considerable evidence implicating the girl’s father in the killing, protesters called for Nouh himself to be killed. Since the first protest on Dec. 29, thousands have been gathering every Thursday and Friday to date, demanding capital punishment for the so-called “killer of innocence.”
Nouh was arrested on the morning of Dec. 27, only hours after killing his daughter. #“During the investigation Al-Yemeni willingly confessed to having murdered his daughter,” Al-Haddi said. “We made him think that we had him under surveillance a few days before he killed his daughter and that denying it would do him no good.”
According to Al-Haddi, the perpetrator was transferred to Ibb governorate’s Criminal Investigation Bureau following his confession. The investigation moved slowly as a result of the country’s political crisis, but, in compliance with protesters’ demands, the case was soon transferred from Ibb to the Criminal Investigation Bureau branch in Dhamar.
The undersecretary of the West Dhamar prosecution office, Ahmad Al-Qeiz, told the Yemen Times that the prosecution finished interrogating the victim’s father and referred the suspect to West Dhamar Preliminary Court on Jan. 12. Only two days later, on Jan. 14 the trial began.
According to Al-Qeiz, “In the first trial session, headed by Abdu Al-Hajuri, the prosecution accused the suspect of willfully killing his daughter Maab.” The allegations are haunting, he said. “The indictment read that the accused tortured and beat his daughter for days. He stabbed her and burned her skin using a clothes hanger and an iron. At night he took her to a vacant area in Naqil Sumara, Ibb governorate, and shot her several times with a pistol, killing her instantly. Leaving her body behind, he left.”
Al-Haddi said the court has definitive evidence proving the suspect is guilty: A video of the father conducting various methods of torture on the ten-year-old girl, which left scars all over her body. Al-Haddi also said there is evidence of careful planning by the father to carry out the killing, as demonstrated by his purchasing of a pistol and his travel plans.
Al-Haddi said the culprit is not considered criminally insane.
According to Al-Qeiz, the prosecution has submitted as evidence the murder weapon and projectiles taken from the girls body, as well as the suspect’s cellphone, which contains video clips of the victim while she was being tortured.
The prosecution is demanding the accused be executed in accordance with article 234 of the Penal Code.
Fuad Al-Khazan, who has a law firm in Sana’a, told the Yemen Times that the normal punishment for a father killing his son or daughter is ten years imprisonment. Where torture is involved, as in Maab’s case, the punishment can be life in prison. According to Al-Khazan, the penal code does not permit for a father to be executed for killing his offspring, and with this specific case there is considerable pressure from the public for the father to be punished by death.
Al-Qeiz expects a verdict will be announced within the coming few days because all evidence indicates the suspect is guilty of a “crime against humanity.” The suspect has thus far not hired a lawyer. Nouh Al-Yemeni admitted to the torture and murder of his daughter Maab and claimed he did so because she was no longer a virgin.
What drove Nouh to kill his daughter?
According to Al-Haddi, Nouh suspected that his daughter was practicing prostitution and had her undergo virginity tests at three different hospitals, the last one being the Specialized Motherhood Hospital in Sana’a.
At all three hospitals it was determined that the ten-year-old was still a virgin. Despite these expert opinions, Nough remained unconvinced.
An interview Nouh gave to Marib Press after his arrest is telling of his unstable condition and relationship with his daughter. “I asked my daughter Maab to read the Holy Quran with her two sisters but she refused. She was sitting in the kitchen chatting with her mother on her cellphone, and then she ran into the bathroom. I told her to come out but she refused, then I threatened to kill her myself if she didn’t not come out,” he said. “When she came out I asked her to tell me the truth about whom she was speaking with otherwise I would kill her.”
Nouh is divorced and has three daughters from the marriage, including Maab. His ex-wife, who is from Ibb governorate, remarried and all three children were left in his custody.
When Maab told him she was chatting with her mother, Nouh said he became upset and hit her. “She told me her mother had forced her to stay on the phone by threatening to tell me, her father, that she was having sexual relationships with boys.” Maab went on to say, according to Nouh’s statement, that her mother made her perform sexual acts with other men with the intent of upsetting him. None of Nouh’s claims could be verified by the Yemen Times.
Brigadier Abdulkarim Al-Odaini, the general director of Dhamar governorate’s police, told the Yemen Times that the perpetrator’s accusations do not justify the murder. He said that preliminary examinations indicate the girl was not raped and did not have sexual relations before. In Al-Odaini’s view, Nouh killed his daughter to get back at his wife who divorced him and re-married someone else.
Nabil Al-Khadher, head of the Sana’a-based human rights organization Dhamanat (“Guarantees”), said the judiciary must punish the perpetrator to the full extent of the law, and agrees that capital punishment is suitable for the nature of Nouh’s crime.
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Dad used hot iron to torture kids, including 3-month-old baby (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
This is what institutionalized fathers rights looks like, folks, Even though Mom is employed and Dad is a deadbeat torture freak, she KNOWS he would still get custody in the event of a divorce. Women (and by extension, mothers) have virtually no rights in Saudi Arabia and are under the thumb of a male guardian for their entire lives. One result is the rampant abuse of children as violent men gain free rein to terrorize women and children all they want.
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/family-tragedy-in-saudi-arabia-as-nine-siblings-tortured-1.1424288
Family tragedy in Saudi Arabia as nine siblings ‘tortured’
Father said to have used iron to burn children, including three-month-old baby
By Habib ToumiBureau Chief Published: 15:05 December 9, 2014
Gulf News
Manama: Nine siblings, aged between three months and 18 years, were reportedly tortured by their father over the disappearance of 100 riyals (Dh87) from their home in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.
The father is said to have used a hot iron to punish his children, including his recently born daughter, by burning their legs and feet.
The case was discovered by the high school where the eldest daughter was enrolled as a student.
The school principal noticed she was walking barefoot in the school and wanted to know why.
The student said she could not put on her shoes because of the pain she was suffering from the burns inflicted by her father.
Encouraged by the principal to speak out, the daughter revealed how her father abused her and her siblings and how he had tortured them with a hot iron since Wednesday when he could not find the 100 riyals, local daily Okaz reported on Tuesday.
The torture included the three-month baby, the daughter said. The principal alerted the Social Protection care home in Jeddah, prompting its specialists to decide to provide psychological and social support for the siblings who were referred to King Fahd Hospital for check-ups.
The investigation launched by the Social Protection discovered that the children’s mother worked at a school for 3,000 riyals a month and did not stand up to her husband for fear of a divorce that would split up the family.
The children’s father is unemployed and receives monthly assistance from the social solidarity programme.
Social Protection officials said that they would provide temporary accommodation for the siblings before they move them to a flat while the procedures to protect them follow their course with the authorities.
The oldest daughter said that she would rather live with her mother and not with her father, accusing him of being violent with her and her brothers and sisters.
Other sisters said that they had suffered physically as well as academically from their father’s brutality, stressing that their grades at school were low.
Salah Al Ghamdi, the head of Social Protection in Jeddah, confirmed the facts and said that they would meet the father to hear his version before the case is referred to the relevant authorities.
Social authorities, doctors and activists have been pushing for years for appropriate formal action to protect children in Saudi Arabia from domestic violence and school bullying.
Their efforts recently received increased attention as the issue of child abuse came under the spotlight following repeated media reports about children subjected to horrific abuse often by members of their immediate families.
A social activist said that Saudi Arabia recorded 206 cases of violence against children. #“According to the figures, 60 per cent of the cases were abuses while 20 per cent were physical violence,” said Maha Al Muneef, the executive director of the National Family Safety Programme (NFSP). “The remaining 20 per cent were negligence and mental and psychological abuses.”
The 2012 case of a man who tortured his daughter to death sparked widespread outrage and triggered a huge debate over the extent of family privacy, a highly valued concept in conservative circles.
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/family-tragedy-in-saudi-arabia-as-nine-siblings-tortured-1.1424288
Family tragedy in Saudi Arabia as nine siblings ‘tortured’
Father said to have used iron to burn children, including three-month-old baby
By Habib ToumiBureau Chief Published: 15:05 December 9, 2014
Gulf News
Manama: Nine siblings, aged between three months and 18 years, were reportedly tortured by their father over the disappearance of 100 riyals (Dh87) from their home in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.
The father is said to have used a hot iron to punish his children, including his recently born daughter, by burning their legs and feet.
The case was discovered by the high school where the eldest daughter was enrolled as a student.
The school principal noticed she was walking barefoot in the school and wanted to know why.
The student said she could not put on her shoes because of the pain she was suffering from the burns inflicted by her father.
Encouraged by the principal to speak out, the daughter revealed how her father abused her and her siblings and how he had tortured them with a hot iron since Wednesday when he could not find the 100 riyals, local daily Okaz reported on Tuesday.
The torture included the three-month baby, the daughter said. The principal alerted the Social Protection care home in Jeddah, prompting its specialists to decide to provide psychological and social support for the siblings who were referred to King Fahd Hospital for check-ups.
The investigation launched by the Social Protection discovered that the children’s mother worked at a school for 3,000 riyals a month and did not stand up to her husband for fear of a divorce that would split up the family.
The children’s father is unemployed and receives monthly assistance from the social solidarity programme.
Social Protection officials said that they would provide temporary accommodation for the siblings before they move them to a flat while the procedures to protect them follow their course with the authorities.
The oldest daughter said that she would rather live with her mother and not with her father, accusing him of being violent with her and her brothers and sisters.
Other sisters said that they had suffered physically as well as academically from their father’s brutality, stressing that their grades at school were low.
Salah Al Ghamdi, the head of Social Protection in Jeddah, confirmed the facts and said that they would meet the father to hear his version before the case is referred to the relevant authorities.
Social authorities, doctors and activists have been pushing for years for appropriate formal action to protect children in Saudi Arabia from domestic violence and school bullying.
Their efforts recently received increased attention as the issue of child abuse came under the spotlight following repeated media reports about children subjected to horrific abuse often by members of their immediate families.
A social activist said that Saudi Arabia recorded 206 cases of violence against children. #“According to the figures, 60 per cent of the cases were abuses while 20 per cent were physical violence,” said Maha Al Muneef, the executive director of the National Family Safety Programme (NFSP). “The remaining 20 per cent were negligence and mental and psychological abuses.”
The 2012 case of a man who tortured his daughter to death sparked widespread outrage and triggered a huge debate over the extent of family privacy, a highly valued concept in conservative circles.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Custodial dad, step sentenced to 15 years in prison for child's torture murder; mom was refused visitation (Saudi Arabia)
Dad is identified as OMAR JABAWI.
https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/15-years-father-wife-beating-child-death-064135007.html
15 years for father and wife for beating child to death
Saudi Gazette – 14 hours ago
The General Court has sentenced a father and his second wife each to 15 years in prison and 1,500 lashes for abusing a child so much that he died, Al-Hayat reported.
A medical report showed the child died as a result of torture all over his body around two years ago.
The defendants told the court the child tripped and fell several times and tried to hang himself with a piece of cloth to imitate some cartoons he had seen on television.
They said they had to tie him up every night on the recommendation of a well-known sheikh because the child kept opening their apartment door to strangers at night.
Omar Jabawi and Rola Abu Shalhoob were arrested over two years ago in Riyadh following the medical report that put the causes of the child's death to bruises and contusions in the neck, face, chest, left shoulder, thighs, knees and left cheek.
The doctor said some of the injuries the child sustained were a few days old while some were older.
The main causes of his death were severe head traumas and contusions. Another report by the hospital proved the child sustained all these injuries because of torture.
Neighbors testified before the court that they heard the child crying many nights every night after 10 p.m.
The judge did not hand down a death sentence because there were insufficient conditions for such a verdict.
The child's biological mother, who was divorced and is Syrian, said her child moved in with his father seven months before his death and that she only saw him twice although she did not have a custody child certificate. "My ex-husband and his second wife tortured my child and didn't let me see him," she said.
Fahd Al-Rokban, who taught the child at elementary school, said Abdullah's performance deteriorated after he moved with his father.
When asked why the school failed to spot the torture marks on Abdullah's body, he said most student counselors at schools are engaged in administrative work and do not perform any counseling duties.
https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/15-years-father-wife-beating-child-death-064135007.html
15 years for father and wife for beating child to death
Saudi Gazette – 14 hours ago
The General Court has sentenced a father and his second wife each to 15 years in prison and 1,500 lashes for abusing a child so much that he died, Al-Hayat reported.
A medical report showed the child died as a result of torture all over his body around two years ago.
The defendants told the court the child tripped and fell several times and tried to hang himself with a piece of cloth to imitate some cartoons he had seen on television.
They said they had to tie him up every night on the recommendation of a well-known sheikh because the child kept opening their apartment door to strangers at night.
Omar Jabawi and Rola Abu Shalhoob were arrested over two years ago in Riyadh following the medical report that put the causes of the child's death to bruises and contusions in the neck, face, chest, left shoulder, thighs, knees and left cheek.
The doctor said some of the injuries the child sustained were a few days old while some were older.
The main causes of his death were severe head traumas and contusions. Another report by the hospital proved the child sustained all these injuries because of torture.
Neighbors testified before the court that they heard the child crying many nights every night after 10 p.m.
The judge did not hand down a death sentence because there were insufficient conditions for such a verdict.
The child's biological mother, who was divorced and is Syrian, said her child moved in with his father seven months before his death and that she only saw him twice although she did not have a custody child certificate. "My ex-husband and his second wife tortured my child and didn't let me see him," she said.
Fahd Al-Rokban, who taught the child at elementary school, said Abdullah's performance deteriorated after he moved with his father.
When asked why the school failed to spot the torture marks on Abdullah's body, he said most student counselors at schools are engaged in administrative work and do not perform any counseling duties.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Dad charged in starving death of 15-month-old daughter; other kids found severely malnourished as well (Gwinnett County, Georgia)
Update: We see here that the 23-year-old woman is this man's adult daughter, and yes she also is the mother of some of these children. So he had obviously been grooming her and sexually abusing her for a long time. The starving woman is also the mother of some of the children.
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Kind of confusing article. Who is the mother of these children? The 23-year-old woman? The 21-year-old woman found on the floor in a state of severe starvation? Both?
Was the 23-year-old woman deprived of food by the vicious freak as well?
And what the hell is the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors? Sounds like just more bullsh** that men make up to justify their torture of women and children.
Notice that the 23-year-old woman has also been charged with murder, though the article reports that the decision to withhold food was made by Daddy. Typical, in that women are held responsible for men's crimes even when--especially when?--there is little they can do to stop them.
Dad is identified as CALVIN MCINTOSH.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/father-daughter-arrested-babys-starving-death/nh7NX/
Updated: 8:04 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 | Posted: 2:48 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, 2014
Police: Father charged in baby's starving death could be cult member
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: Police say the woman who was found weighing just 59 pounds in an Extended Stay motel was reported missing in 2010.
Her aunt told Channel 2’s Tony Thomas that she disappeared at the age of 17. Her aunt said the family filed missing person reports for her which listed her as weighing 103 pounds. They have been doing their own investigations ever since but never could track down exactly where she was. They say they then got a call Tuesday night from police saying they had found her in Peachtree Corners.
Police are investigating the starving death of a 15-month-old infant girl.
They say she died at the Extended Stay on Jimmy Carter Boulevard in Gwinnett County.
Channel 2’s Tony Thomas started digging into the case Wednesday and learned disturbing details about charges that the family members face.
Police say the child, Alcenti McIntosh, was taken to the hospital by her father, 44-year-old Calvin McIntosh. The child was determined to be dead upon arrival, police said.
Medical personnel determined that based on the child’s physical appearance, her death was most likely a case of neglect and abuse.
Police executed a search warrant at the location where the family was staying, where investigators said they met with a 23-year-old woman identified as Najilla McIntosh.
There were three other children in the motel room, ages 5, 3, and 3, according to police. The children were severely malnourished and in need of medical attention, police said.
Also in the room was a 21-year-old woman lying on the floor. She was wrapped in blankets and in desperate need of medical attention, weighing only 59 pounds, police said.
While executing the search warrant, police said they found large amounts of literature and notes pertaining to ritualistic behavior and the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, an Islam-based cult which is known for being a sovereign group, police said.
Investigators later learned that Calvin McIntosh fathered all four children.
Police said they learned Calvin McIntosh would deprive the children of food when they were disobedient.
The Gwinnett County Medical Examiner ruled starvation as the cause of death for Alcenti McIntosh, police said.
Thomas asked a witness if she suspected any abuse going on in the motel room that she walked by on a regular basis.
“I didn’t know what was going on,” the witness said. “For the last week and a half, I would go past the door and I would hear a lot of crying. Just crying, crying, crying.”
The three surviving children are in the Department of Family and Child Services custody, while the woman who was malnourished remains hospitalized in serious condition.
Calvin McIntosh and Najilla McIntosh have been charged with felony murder, malice murder, first-degree cruelty to children, second-degree cruelty to children, and cruelty to a physically disabled adult.
Calvin McIntosh was also charged with rape, incest, and aggravated sodomy.
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Kind of confusing article. Who is the mother of these children? The 23-year-old woman? The 21-year-old woman found on the floor in a state of severe starvation? Both?
Was the 23-year-old woman deprived of food by the vicious freak as well?
And what the hell is the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors? Sounds like just more bullsh** that men make up to justify their torture of women and children.
Notice that the 23-year-old woman has also been charged with murder, though the article reports that the decision to withhold food was made by Daddy. Typical, in that women are held responsible for men's crimes even when--especially when?--there is little they can do to stop them.
Dad is identified as CALVIN MCINTOSH.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/father-daughter-arrested-babys-starving-death/nh7NX/
Updated: 8:04 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 | Posted: 2:48 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, 2014
Police: Father charged in baby's starving death could be cult member
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: Police say the woman who was found weighing just 59 pounds in an Extended Stay motel was reported missing in 2010.
Her aunt told Channel 2’s Tony Thomas that she disappeared at the age of 17. Her aunt said the family filed missing person reports for her which listed her as weighing 103 pounds. They have been doing their own investigations ever since but never could track down exactly where she was. They say they then got a call Tuesday night from police saying they had found her in Peachtree Corners.
Police are investigating the starving death of a 15-month-old infant girl.
They say she died at the Extended Stay on Jimmy Carter Boulevard in Gwinnett County.
Channel 2’s Tony Thomas started digging into the case Wednesday and learned disturbing details about charges that the family members face.
Police say the child, Alcenti McIntosh, was taken to the hospital by her father, 44-year-old Calvin McIntosh. The child was determined to be dead upon arrival, police said.
Medical personnel determined that based on the child’s physical appearance, her death was most likely a case of neglect and abuse.
Police executed a search warrant at the location where the family was staying, where investigators said they met with a 23-year-old woman identified as Najilla McIntosh.
There were three other children in the motel room, ages 5, 3, and 3, according to police. The children were severely malnourished and in need of medical attention, police said.
Also in the room was a 21-year-old woman lying on the floor. She was wrapped in blankets and in desperate need of medical attention, weighing only 59 pounds, police said.
While executing the search warrant, police said they found large amounts of literature and notes pertaining to ritualistic behavior and the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, an Islam-based cult which is known for being a sovereign group, police said.
Investigators later learned that Calvin McIntosh fathered all four children.
Police said they learned Calvin McIntosh would deprive the children of food when they were disobedient.
The Gwinnett County Medical Examiner ruled starvation as the cause of death for Alcenti McIntosh, police said.
Thomas asked a witness if she suspected any abuse going on in the motel room that she walked by on a regular basis.
“I didn’t know what was going on,” the witness said. “For the last week and a half, I would go past the door and I would hear a lot of crying. Just crying, crying, crying.”
The three surviving children are in the Department of Family and Child Services custody, while the woman who was malnourished remains hospitalized in serious condition.
Calvin McIntosh and Najilla McIntosh have been charged with felony murder, malice murder, first-degree cruelty to children, second-degree cruelty to children, and cruelty to a physically disabled adult.
Calvin McIntosh was also charged with rape, incest, and aggravated sodomy.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Dad with shared custody finally indicted on 2nd-degree murder charges for 2011 drowning death of 3-year-old son (Syracuse, New York)
Update to the killer dads and custody lists. Though it has taken three years, dad MARCEL WASHINGTON was finally indicted on 2nd-degree murder charges earlier this year.
What is not reported here (of course), is that Dad had a criminal record in addition to all his alleged mental illness/religious obsession issues--and was awarded shared custody anyway. The little boy's drowning death occurred during Dad's weekend parenting time.
See one of our prior posts here.
http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2014/03/syracuse-man-indicted-in-exorcism-murder-of-three-year-old.html
March 18, 2014
Syracuse Man Indicted in Exorcism Murder of Three-Year Old
When police in Syracuse, New York discoverd the body of three-year old Ameen Washington on November 5, 2011, they didn't have to look far to find their main suspect. The boy's father, 28-year-old Marcel Washington openly admitted killing Ameen in an attempt to exorcise the "Shatan" or devil that he believed was possessing him.
According to family members, Washington had been showing increasingly erratic behaviour in the weeks leading up to Ameen's death. His mother described her son reporting deeply paranoid ideas such as believing that people were whispering about him and his sisters felt he was acting "out of character". Even his girlfriend, Enida Ibrahimovic, who had been dating him for several months prior to the killing reported that he was acting in a bizarre manner. Still, nobody would have believed that he posed a risk to his son. "It all just happened so fast," said a cousin, "People who knew him are in total disbelief."
Despite these clues, he showed no indication of posing any risk to his son and was seen as a caring father. Still, on November 5, Washington reportedly placed his son in a cold shower and demanded to know if Ameen "worshipped only God." After hearing his son say "no", he then placed his face under water for ten minutes. In the statement Washington provided to police, Ameen's struggling convinced him that "Shatan" was resisting and he continued holding him under water until the struggling stopped.
When he removed Ameen from the shower, he saw foam coming out of the boy's mouth and he laid him on the bed until the foam finished draining out. When Washington noticed that Ameen had no pulse, he believed that he was still alive because "the pulse of the Shatan is very hard to track." Though he fled after realizing his son was dead, he subsequenty turned himself into police with his sister at his side. During the lengthy police interrogation that followed, he While he was arrested shortly afterward, he was emotionally upset at times as he described his reasons for attempting to exorcise his son. He also voiced little remorse for Ameen's death stating that "his child was better off dead than living with a devil inside of him."
A self-professed Muslim, Washington reported seeking guidance from the local religious community over his concerns about his son being possessed. He also claimed that Ameen was acting in a bizarre fashion and that a community elder told him to take the boy to the local Mosque where he could be treated by prayer.
While Washington was arrested in 2011, he was only indicted for second-degree murder last month due to the delay in completing a psychiatric assessment. While his defense attorney has declined to provide the results of his assessment, the question surrouunding Marcel Washington's mental state at the time of his son's death are likely to dominate the trial. In the meantime, family members continue to grieve over Ameen's death and openly wonder whether they could have done anything to prevent it.
What is not reported here (of course), is that Dad had a criminal record in addition to all his alleged mental illness/religious obsession issues--and was awarded shared custody anyway. The little boy's drowning death occurred during Dad's weekend parenting time.
See one of our prior posts here.
http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2014/03/syracuse-man-indicted-in-exorcism-murder-of-three-year-old.html
March 18, 2014
Syracuse Man Indicted in Exorcism Murder of Three-Year Old
When police in Syracuse, New York discoverd the body of three-year old Ameen Washington on November 5, 2011, they didn't have to look far to find their main suspect. The boy's father, 28-year-old Marcel Washington openly admitted killing Ameen in an attempt to exorcise the "Shatan" or devil that he believed was possessing him.
According to family members, Washington had been showing increasingly erratic behaviour in the weeks leading up to Ameen's death. His mother described her son reporting deeply paranoid ideas such as believing that people were whispering about him and his sisters felt he was acting "out of character". Even his girlfriend, Enida Ibrahimovic, who had been dating him for several months prior to the killing reported that he was acting in a bizarre manner. Still, nobody would have believed that he posed a risk to his son. "It all just happened so fast," said a cousin, "People who knew him are in total disbelief."
Despite these clues, he showed no indication of posing any risk to his son and was seen as a caring father. Still, on November 5, Washington reportedly placed his son in a cold shower and demanded to know if Ameen "worshipped only God." After hearing his son say "no", he then placed his face under water for ten minutes. In the statement Washington provided to police, Ameen's struggling convinced him that "Shatan" was resisting and he continued holding him under water until the struggling stopped.
When he removed Ameen from the shower, he saw foam coming out of the boy's mouth and he laid him on the bed until the foam finished draining out. When Washington noticed that Ameen had no pulse, he believed that he was still alive because "the pulse of the Shatan is very hard to track." Though he fled after realizing his son was dead, he subsequenty turned himself into police with his sister at his side. During the lengthy police interrogation that followed, he While he was arrested shortly afterward, he was emotionally upset at times as he described his reasons for attempting to exorcise his son. He also voiced little remorse for Ameen's death stating that "his child was better off dead than living with a devil inside of him."
A self-professed Muslim, Washington reported seeking guidance from the local religious community over his concerns about his son being possessed. He also claimed that Ameen was acting in a bizarre fashion and that a community elder told him to take the boy to the local Mosque where he could be treated by prayer.
While Washington was arrested in 2011, he was only indicted for second-degree murder last month due to the delay in completing a psychiatric assessment. While his defense attorney has declined to provide the results of his assessment, the question surrouunding Marcel Washington's mental state at the time of his son's death are likely to dominate the trial. In the meantime, family members continue to grieve over Ameen's death and openly wonder whether they could have done anything to prevent it.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Dad in "bitter custody battle" murders 7-year-old daughter; once again, protective mother's concerns ignored (United Kingdom)
Once again, we see the same red flags. Dad with a "violent past." Dad with a history of domestic violence. Dad engaged in "custody dispute" (i.e. custody siege directed against the mother). Mother's concerns ignored by the pro-daddy authorities. Predictable result: a 7-year-old girl is now dead, shot and killed on the streets. It's all about control for these guys. Control of people, and punishing the mother.
Dad is identified as YASSER ALROMISSE.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/15/mother-girl-father-police-northiam-shipstone?CMP=twt_gu
Mother of girl shot by father told police of concerns
Lyndsey Shipstone understood to have spoken to local sergeant weeks before estranged partner killed daughter and himself
The Guardian, Monday 15 September 2014 12.25 EDT
A woman whose seven-year-old daughter was fatally shot in the head by her ex-partner told police weeks earlier that he might attack the family, the Guardian has learned.
Lyndsey Shipstone, 42, is understood to have told Sussex police she was concerned about a possible attack by her estranged ex-partner Yasser Alromisse, 46, who officers knew had a violent past.
On Thursday, Alromisse turned up at Shipstone's house in Northiam, East Sussex, and fatally shot their daughter, Mary, before killing himself inside a silver Toyota parked on the driveway.
The incident raises questions for Sussex police, whose officers had been in contact with Shipstone in the weeks and months leading up to the killing.
Shipstone was moved to a secret address in the quiet village of Northiam, near Rye, last year with Mary and her older son, Stephen, 21, to escape Alromisse.
The pair were involved in a bitter custody battle over the children and Alrimosse was believed to pose a threat to the family due to his history of domestic violence.
Since moving to Northiam, the family had been in contact with police and Shipstone is understood to have raised concerns with a local sergeant that her ex-partner was capable of attacking the family.
Egyptian-born Alromisse is thought to have discovered their address months ago through court papers. He was seen last week staking out the area in his Toyota Rav 4 vehicle.
Shipstone married Alromisse in Liverpool in 2005 after she converted to Islam, but the pair later separated. After the split, Shipstone lived with her children in Brighton between 2009 and 2011.
Investigators are waiting to take a full account from Shipstone. The case may face an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The police watchdog had not received a referral from Sussex police by Monday afternoon.
The force declined to comment on any warnings it may have received about Alromisse. A spokesman said: "We're investigating the circumstances of how Alromisse came to be at the house in Northiam. At this stage, we are still trying to confirm how he discovered the address."
The area's police and crime commissioner, Katy Bourne, said: "The untimely and tragic death of Mary Shipstone has no doubt had a profound effect on her family, the local community and everyone who knew her. In my role as PCC, I will be closely following the progress of the police investigation and the circumstances around Mary's death."
Neighbours said Alromisse was waiting in his car for his daughter and ex-partner as they walked home from nearby Beckley Church of England primary school at 4pm on Thursday. Shipstone screamed: "He's got a gun" before Alromisse shot Mary twice in the head.
Armed police arrived at the scene within minutes and found Alromisse slumped inside his car with a self-inflicted bullet wound. Mary was flown to King's College hospital in London where she died of her injuries shortly before 3pm on Friday.
In a statement issued through Sussex police, Shipstone and her son Stephen said: "We are grieving the death of our beautiful and loving Mary."
Dad is identified as YASSER ALROMISSE.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/15/mother-girl-father-police-northiam-shipstone?CMP=twt_gu
Mother of girl shot by father told police of concerns
Lyndsey Shipstone understood to have spoken to local sergeant weeks before estranged partner killed daughter and himself
The Guardian, Monday 15 September 2014 12.25 EDT
A woman whose seven-year-old daughter was fatally shot in the head by her ex-partner told police weeks earlier that he might attack the family, the Guardian has learned.
Lyndsey Shipstone, 42, is understood to have told Sussex police she was concerned about a possible attack by her estranged ex-partner Yasser Alromisse, 46, who officers knew had a violent past.
On Thursday, Alromisse turned up at Shipstone's house in Northiam, East Sussex, and fatally shot their daughter, Mary, before killing himself inside a silver Toyota parked on the driveway.
The incident raises questions for Sussex police, whose officers had been in contact with Shipstone in the weeks and months leading up to the killing.
Shipstone was moved to a secret address in the quiet village of Northiam, near Rye, last year with Mary and her older son, Stephen, 21, to escape Alromisse.
The pair were involved in a bitter custody battle over the children and Alrimosse was believed to pose a threat to the family due to his history of domestic violence.
Since moving to Northiam, the family had been in contact with police and Shipstone is understood to have raised concerns with a local sergeant that her ex-partner was capable of attacking the family.
Egyptian-born Alromisse is thought to have discovered their address months ago through court papers. He was seen last week staking out the area in his Toyota Rav 4 vehicle.
Shipstone married Alromisse in Liverpool in 2005 after she converted to Islam, but the pair later separated. After the split, Shipstone lived with her children in Brighton between 2009 and 2011.
Investigators are waiting to take a full account from Shipstone. The case may face an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The police watchdog had not received a referral from Sussex police by Monday afternoon.
The force declined to comment on any warnings it may have received about Alromisse. A spokesman said: "We're investigating the circumstances of how Alromisse came to be at the house in Northiam. At this stage, we are still trying to confirm how he discovered the address."
The area's police and crime commissioner, Katy Bourne, said: "The untimely and tragic death of Mary Shipstone has no doubt had a profound effect on her family, the local community and everyone who knew her. In my role as PCC, I will be closely following the progress of the police investigation and the circumstances around Mary's death."
Neighbours said Alromisse was waiting in his car for his daughter and ex-partner as they walked home from nearby Beckley Church of England primary school at 4pm on Thursday. Shipstone screamed: "He's got a gun" before Alromisse shot Mary twice in the head.
Armed police arrived at the scene within minutes and found Alromisse slumped inside his car with a self-inflicted bullet wound. Mary was flown to King's College hospital in London where she died of her injuries shortly before 3pm on Friday.
In a statement issued through Sussex police, Shipstone and her son Stephen said: "We are grieving the death of our beautiful and loving Mary."
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Dad strips mom of custody, new step mom murders 8-year-old girl for eating biscuit without permission (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
These kinds of incidences are practically routine in Saudi Arabia, where mothers have practically zero rights. They can't even leave the country without the permission of a male guardian. Needless to say, mothers have no custody rights (beyond what men decide to give them). Therefore, any abusive husband gets full custody on demand.
And let's be frank: only abusers take the children away from a loving, fit mother. I'm sure Daddy knew exactly what the step was up to, and had no objections. The fact that the mother wasn't even informed of the girl's death till she was buried tells you everything you need to know about how the control freak mind works.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20140904217071
Little Saudi girl ‘killed by abusive stepmother after she ate biscuit without permission’
RIYADH – An eight-year-old girl who suffered from sickle-cell anemia died after her stepmother allegedly beat her to death over a piece of biscuit and abused her 11-year-old brother, Sabq.org website reported.
Ahmad, who is being treated at King Fahd Medical City Hospital, told the website that the stepmother, identified only as Kalthoum, continuously tortured him and his sister Roa.
He said: “Out aunt Kalthoum would always not let us eat. “That day, Roa and I were hungry so we went to the kitchen and had some biscuits.
“The next day, Aunt Kalthoum barged into our room and started beating us with an electric cord.”
He said the stepmother asked them to go outside in the yard under the scorching sun and walk barefoot for some minutes.
When Roa cried because of the sun heat, they were told to go inside and stand on one leg.
“Suddenly, Aunt Kalthoum grabbed the broom and bludgeoned Roa right on the head then held her hair and banged her head against the wall, causing her to lose her consciousness,” Ahmad said.
At this point of his account, Ahmad, who also suffers from sickle cell, got hysterical and had to be sedated.
Ruba, Roa’s elder sister, then continued the story. “When Roa fell unconscious, Aunt Kalthoum thought she was acting.
“She carried Roa and threw her body at the corner of the bed, where she again hit her head.
“My sister started crying with a low sound then started breathing fast.
“Aunt Kalthoum was shouting at Roa and calling her a big liar.
“Then she stopped breathing.”
When the father returned home, Ruba told him Roa died.
He rushed her to the hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Doctors immediately called the police and the stepmother, who is in her 40s, was arrested and later confessed to the killing.
Roa’s biological mother, who is divorced, said: “If I knew the stepmother would kill my little girl over a piece of biscuit, I would’ve given her that piece.
“What was Roa’s fault?
“I demand that she gets the death sentence for killing my little sick daughter.”
The biological mother did not know about her daughter’s death until she was buried.
She used to have custody over her four daughters and son before her ex-husband managed to get the decision overturned.
He took his five children to live with him and his wife after their mother remarried.
And let's be frank: only abusers take the children away from a loving, fit mother. I'm sure Daddy knew exactly what the step was up to, and had no objections. The fact that the mother wasn't even informed of the girl's death till she was buried tells you everything you need to know about how the control freak mind works.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20140904217071
Little Saudi girl ‘killed by abusive stepmother after she ate biscuit without permission’
RIYADH – An eight-year-old girl who suffered from sickle-cell anemia died after her stepmother allegedly beat her to death over a piece of biscuit and abused her 11-year-old brother, Sabq.org website reported.
Ahmad, who is being treated at King Fahd Medical City Hospital, told the website that the stepmother, identified only as Kalthoum, continuously tortured him and his sister Roa.
He said: “Out aunt Kalthoum would always not let us eat. “That day, Roa and I were hungry so we went to the kitchen and had some biscuits.
“The next day, Aunt Kalthoum barged into our room and started beating us with an electric cord.”
He said the stepmother asked them to go outside in the yard under the scorching sun and walk barefoot for some minutes.
When Roa cried because of the sun heat, they were told to go inside and stand on one leg.
“Suddenly, Aunt Kalthoum grabbed the broom and bludgeoned Roa right on the head then held her hair and banged her head against the wall, causing her to lose her consciousness,” Ahmad said.
At this point of his account, Ahmad, who also suffers from sickle cell, got hysterical and had to be sedated.
Ruba, Roa’s elder sister, then continued the story. “When Roa fell unconscious, Aunt Kalthoum thought she was acting.
“She carried Roa and threw her body at the corner of the bed, where she again hit her head.
“My sister started crying with a low sound then started breathing fast.
“Aunt Kalthoum was shouting at Roa and calling her a big liar.
“Then she stopped breathing.”
When the father returned home, Ruba told him Roa died.
He rushed her to the hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Doctors immediately called the police and the stepmother, who is in her 40s, was arrested and later confessed to the killing.
Roa’s biological mother, who is divorced, said: “If I knew the stepmother would kill my little girl over a piece of biscuit, I would’ve given her that piece.
“What was Roa’s fault?
“I demand that she gets the death sentence for killing my little sick daughter.”
The biological mother did not know about her daughter’s death until she was buried.
She used to have custody over her four daughters and son before her ex-husband managed to get the decision overturned.
He took his five children to live with him and his wife after their mother remarried.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
"Sadistic" dad who beat 10-year-old daughter spared jail (United Kingdom)
The UK is particularly indulgent of abusive fathers, and they really seem to back off if the father is a Muslim fanatic.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/11299533.___Sadistic____Burnley_dad_who_beat_terrified_daughter_with_a_ladle_spared_jail/?ref=rss
‘Sadistic’ Burnley dad who beat terrified daughter with a ladle spared jail .
3:00pm Wednesday 25th June 2014 in News
By Wendy Barlow, Court reporter .
Lancashire Telegraph: ‘Sadistic’ Burnley dad who beat terrified daughter with a ladle spared jail
A ‘SADISTIC’ Burnley dad who beat his terrified daughter ‘up to 40 times’ with a ladle for not reading the holy book, has been spared jail.
The 46-year-old man had told the girl to bend over before ordering her brother to hit her 120 times with the weapon.
He had then taken the spoon off the boy and repeatedly struck the 10-year-old victim as she sobbed and gasped for breath.
The defendant, said to have also kicked the child in the hip, back and stomach, threatened the girl’s mother with violence after she tried to intervene.
He then said he was going to Pakistan and left the house, the town’s magistrates had earlier heard.
The hearing was told how the father, who left the victim injured and in pain, was later arrested after a visit from the NSPCC.
The charity had been alerted by another child of the family.
The defendant told police the victim said every day she was going to recite and pray, but she didn’t.
He claimed he had made a mistake when he hit her.
The prosecutor had said officers asked him if he knew it was against the law to hit children and he replied he didn’t realise it was ‘such a big thing’. She continued: “He said he would never do it again and has repented.”
The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had admitted child cruelty on March 23 and was committed to the crown court for sentence. The bench had told the father, who had no previous convictions, they felt his behaviour was sadistic.
He was spared jail by Judge Jonathan Gibson, who said the offence was ‘serious over-chastisement.’ The judge said the defendant was assessed as being a person who the probation service could work with, together with social and children’s services, in order, hopefully, that he could be rehabilitated.
Judge Gibson told the father: “I have in mind when sentencing you the very obvious abhorrence that society has in relation to assaults upon children, but also the effects upon your family a custodial sentence might have.
“It seems to me that I would be punishing your family if I were to send you immediately to prison, which would be for a relatively short period, when in fact intensive work can be done, and needs to be done, in the community with you.”
The father was given a two-year community order with two years’ supervision and must pay £150 costs.
The lower court had heard the girl had lived in Burnley with her parents and several siblings.
There was a dispute over who was going to do the ironing.
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/11299533.___Sadistic____Burnley_dad_who_beat_terrified_daughter_with_a_ladle_spared_jail/?ref=rss
‘Sadistic’ Burnley dad who beat terrified daughter with a ladle spared jail .
3:00pm Wednesday 25th June 2014 in News
By Wendy Barlow, Court reporter .
Lancashire Telegraph: ‘Sadistic’ Burnley dad who beat terrified daughter with a ladle spared jail
A ‘SADISTIC’ Burnley dad who beat his terrified daughter ‘up to 40 times’ with a ladle for not reading the holy book, has been spared jail.
The 46-year-old man had told the girl to bend over before ordering her brother to hit her 120 times with the weapon.
He had then taken the spoon off the boy and repeatedly struck the 10-year-old victim as she sobbed and gasped for breath.
The defendant, said to have also kicked the child in the hip, back and stomach, threatened the girl’s mother with violence after she tried to intervene.
He then said he was going to Pakistan and left the house, the town’s magistrates had earlier heard.
The hearing was told how the father, who left the victim injured and in pain, was later arrested after a visit from the NSPCC.
The charity had been alerted by another child of the family.
The defendant told police the victim said every day she was going to recite and pray, but she didn’t.
He claimed he had made a mistake when he hit her.
The prosecutor had said officers asked him if he knew it was against the law to hit children and he replied he didn’t realise it was ‘such a big thing’. She continued: “He said he would never do it again and has repented.”
The defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had admitted child cruelty on March 23 and was committed to the crown court for sentence. The bench had told the father, who had no previous convictions, they felt his behaviour was sadistic.
He was spared jail by Judge Jonathan Gibson, who said the offence was ‘serious over-chastisement.’ The judge said the defendant was assessed as being a person who the probation service could work with, together with social and children’s services, in order, hopefully, that he could be rehabilitated.
Judge Gibson told the father: “I have in mind when sentencing you the very obvious abhorrence that society has in relation to assaults upon children, but also the effects upon your family a custodial sentence might have.
“It seems to me that I would be punishing your family if I were to send you immediately to prison, which would be for a relatively short period, when in fact intensive work can be done, and needs to be done, in the community with you.”
The father was given a two-year community order with two years’ supervision and must pay £150 costs.
The lower court had heard the girl had lived in Burnley with her parents and several siblings.
There was a dispute over who was going to do the ironing.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Dad who whipped to death 12-year-old son has 1-year jail sentence overturned (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Killer daddy coddling under Sharia law. Dad is identified as EMERATI R M.
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/courts/one-year-jail-term-for-father-who-whipped-son-to-death-rejected-by-abu-dhabi-court
One-year jail term for father who whipped son to death rejected by Abu Dhabi court
Haneen Dajani
April 16, 2014
Updated: April 16, 2014 19:22:00
ABU DHABI // A father who whipped his 12-year-old son to death has had his one-year jail sentence overturned by the court of cassation.
Emirati R M admitted repeatedly hitting his son with an electrical wire and a cane, claiming he only wanted to discipline him for poor school grades.
The beating was so severe the son was left unconscious and covered in blood.
He was driven to hospital by his mother where he was declared dead.
Prosecutors originally charged R M with causing death by beating, which holds a maximum jail term of 15 years.
At the first trial in Abu Dhabi Criminal Court, the charge was changed to premeditated murder.
As the boy’s heirs, the father’s parents, waived their rights to a death sentence, R M was sentenced to three years in jail and a blood money settlement of Dh200,000.
His sentence was later reduced by the appeals court to one year, as the boy’s mother also waived her right to blood money.
On Wednesday, the court of cassation ruled that the heirs should not have been consulted in this case.
The law states that a father cannot be charged with premeditated murder unless he confesses, which R M did not, or if it was a straightforward murder act.
In this case, as the tools he used to kill his son were not weapons, it proved it was an attack driven by anger and not planned.
Also, Sharia states that a parent cannot be executed for killing his or her own child.
Hence, there was no death penalty to waive anyway, so the charge should have been beating that led to death.
Also, the medical report showed there was not a fatal blow from the father, as the boy died from shock caused by the pain of the beating.
The cassation court therefore rejected the appeals court’s sentence of one year for premeditated murder and bounced it back for another hearing.
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/courts/one-year-jail-term-for-father-who-whipped-son-to-death-rejected-by-abu-dhabi-court
One-year jail term for father who whipped son to death rejected by Abu Dhabi court
Haneen Dajani
April 16, 2014
Updated: April 16, 2014 19:22:00
ABU DHABI // A father who whipped his 12-year-old son to death has had his one-year jail sentence overturned by the court of cassation.
Emirati R M admitted repeatedly hitting his son with an electrical wire and a cane, claiming he only wanted to discipline him for poor school grades.
The beating was so severe the son was left unconscious and covered in blood.
He was driven to hospital by his mother where he was declared dead.
Prosecutors originally charged R M with causing death by beating, which holds a maximum jail term of 15 years.
At the first trial in Abu Dhabi Criminal Court, the charge was changed to premeditated murder.
As the boy’s heirs, the father’s parents, waived their rights to a death sentence, R M was sentenced to three years in jail and a blood money settlement of Dh200,000.
His sentence was later reduced by the appeals court to one year, as the boy’s mother also waived her right to blood money.
On Wednesday, the court of cassation ruled that the heirs should not have been consulted in this case.
The law states that a father cannot be charged with premeditated murder unless he confesses, which R M did not, or if it was a straightforward murder act.
In this case, as the tools he used to kill his son were not weapons, it proved it was an attack driven by anger and not planned.
Also, Sharia states that a parent cannot be executed for killing his or her own child.
Hence, there was no death penalty to waive anyway, so the charge should have been beating that led to death.
Also, the medical report showed there was not a fatal blow from the father, as the boy died from shock caused by the pain of the beating.
The cassation court therefore rejected the appeals court’s sentence of one year for premeditated murder and bounced it back for another hearing.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Two children freed from violent custodial dad, step (Taxila, Pakistan)
This is what happens when fathers rights are institutionalized, and the rights of mothers and children are non-existent.
Dad is identified as SAEED AHMED.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1099778/children-freed-from-violent-father
Children freed from violent father
Amjad Iqbal
Published at2014-04-14 07:42:05
TAXILA: Two minor children were rescued from the ‘torture cell’ of their father and stepmother here on Sunday.
Zahid Tanveer along with some other residents of Chachi Mohallah informed the Wah Cantonment police that his neighbour Saeed Ahmed had chained his two children and locked them in a room without providing them food for many days.
A police team reached the house and after breaking the locks of the room recovered the children and shifted them to the police station. The police said marks of severe torture were found on the bodies of the children. The torture victims were identified as Muneeba, 8, and Haris, 6.
The children could not stand on their feet due to the starvation and torture. Sources said a few months back the father of the children had contracted second marriage after divorcing the mother of the two children. After the marriage, the couple subjected the children to torture and locked them in the room.
The police have taken the father of the children into custody but their stepmother is yet to be arrested.
Later, the children were shifted to the child protection centre in Rawalpindi.
Dad is identified as SAEED AHMED.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1099778/children-freed-from-violent-father
Children freed from violent father
Amjad Iqbal
Published at2014-04-14 07:42:05
TAXILA: Two minor children were rescued from the ‘torture cell’ of their father and stepmother here on Sunday.
Zahid Tanveer along with some other residents of Chachi Mohallah informed the Wah Cantonment police that his neighbour Saeed Ahmed had chained his two children and locked them in a room without providing them food for many days.
A police team reached the house and after breaking the locks of the room recovered the children and shifted them to the police station. The police said marks of severe torture were found on the bodies of the children. The torture victims were identified as Muneeba, 8, and Haris, 6.
The children could not stand on their feet due to the starvation and torture. Sources said a few months back the father of the children had contracted second marriage after divorcing the mother of the two children. After the marriage, the couple subjected the children to torture and locked them in the room.
The police have taken the father of the children into custody but their stepmother is yet to be arrested.
Later, the children were shifted to the child protection centre in Rawalpindi.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Jihadist dad abducts 18-month-old daughter, takes her to Syria (Lyon, France)
Seldom do we see the parallels between fathers rights and terrorism in such stark relief.
Daddy uses his religious "beliefs" to justify why he can terrorize/punish the mother and take her little girl away from her. Meanwhile, this nitwit is playing out his violent fantasies with no concern for the safety or well-being of his daughter by dragging her into a war zone.
Kind of hard to do potty training while blowing up stuff. So you can just about bet he dumped this child with somebody else and/or he's simply neglecting her. That's assuming he's not taking out his violent women hating on the child....
But for all these guys it's always about hurting the mother. It's never about loving the child.
Dad is identified as HAMZA MADHOUJ.
http://www.france24.com/en/20140410-france-syria-jihadist-baby-assia-nosra-war/
French jihadist defends decision to take his baby to war-torn Syria
FRANCE 24
Text by FRANCE 24
Latest update : 2014-04-10
The French father of 2-year-old Assia has denied kidnapping charges after he took the girl to Syria and joined an armed rebel group linked to al Qaeda, saying he has acted in accordance with Islamic law. His ex-wife is suing for custody.
In a telephone interview with FRANCE 24's sister station Radio France Internationale (RFI) on Wednesday, Hamza Madhouj said his decision to move to Syria with his daughter was not a kidnapping. “Assia is not a hostage. I took my daughter with me, that’s completely different,” he said.
On October 24, 2013, Madhouj left his home in Lyon with his 18-month-old daughter. He drove through Italy, Greece and Turkey and joined Jabhat al-Nusra, a Syrian armed group affiliated with al-Qaeda.
Madhouj’s ex-wife Meriem Rhaiem has not seen their daughter since then. Rhaiem is suing Madhouj for kidnapping and he is now on Interpol’s wanted list.
“In our religion, there’s a command called hijra – it's an obligation for all Muslims not to live in a non-Muslim country. Her mother refused to follow us,” Madhouj argues.
Rhaiem and other parents of French children taken to Syria by relatives held a press conference on Wednesday, calling on the government to help bring them back.
“Is someone looking after her?”
“The questions I have to live with every day are what is she drinking, what is she eating, is she keeping clean, is someone looking after her?” she told FRANCE 24 in an interview prior to the press conference. “I'm living in constant anxiety – in my struggle, every second counts.”
Rhaiem says her ex-husband told her he would rather see their daughter die in Syria than return to France.
Madhouj insists he is taking care of his daughter. “I never said I would rather my daughter died in Syria. I never said that, it’s not true,” he told RFI.
He added that they were near the Turkish border, away from the worst of the fighting. “She eats like every child and sleeps like every child. We are not in a war zone, there are no bombings, I’m not crazy enough to take my daughter into a war zone,” he said.
Daddy uses his religious "beliefs" to justify why he can terrorize/punish the mother and take her little girl away from her. Meanwhile, this nitwit is playing out his violent fantasies with no concern for the safety or well-being of his daughter by dragging her into a war zone.
Kind of hard to do potty training while blowing up stuff. So you can just about bet he dumped this child with somebody else and/or he's simply neglecting her. That's assuming he's not taking out his violent women hating on the child....
But for all these guys it's always about hurting the mother. It's never about loving the child.
Dad is identified as HAMZA MADHOUJ.
http://www.france24.com/en/20140410-france-syria-jihadist-baby-assia-nosra-war/
French jihadist defends decision to take his baby to war-torn Syria
FRANCE 24
Text by FRANCE 24
Latest update : 2014-04-10
The French father of 2-year-old Assia has denied kidnapping charges after he took the girl to Syria and joined an armed rebel group linked to al Qaeda, saying he has acted in accordance with Islamic law. His ex-wife is suing for custody.
In a telephone interview with FRANCE 24's sister station Radio France Internationale (RFI) on Wednesday, Hamza Madhouj said his decision to move to Syria with his daughter was not a kidnapping. “Assia is not a hostage. I took my daughter with me, that’s completely different,” he said.
On October 24, 2013, Madhouj left his home in Lyon with his 18-month-old daughter. He drove through Italy, Greece and Turkey and joined Jabhat al-Nusra, a Syrian armed group affiliated with al-Qaeda.
Madhouj’s ex-wife Meriem Rhaiem has not seen their daughter since then. Rhaiem is suing Madhouj for kidnapping and he is now on Interpol’s wanted list.
“In our religion, there’s a command called hijra – it's an obligation for all Muslims not to live in a non-Muslim country. Her mother refused to follow us,” Madhouj argues.
Rhaiem and other parents of French children taken to Syria by relatives held a press conference on Wednesday, calling on the government to help bring them back.
“Is someone looking after her?”
“The questions I have to live with every day are what is she drinking, what is she eating, is she keeping clean, is someone looking after her?” she told FRANCE 24 in an interview prior to the press conference. “I'm living in constant anxiety – in my struggle, every second counts.”
Rhaiem says her ex-husband told her he would rather see their daughter die in Syria than return to France.
Madhouj insists he is taking care of his daughter. “I never said I would rather my daughter died in Syria. I never said that, it’s not true,” he told RFI.
He added that they were near the Turkish border, away from the worst of the fighting. “She eats like every child and sleeps like every child. We are not in a war zone, there are no bombings, I’m not crazy enough to take my daughter into a war zone,” he said.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Custodial dad admits killing 3-year-old daughter, torturing her sisters (Abha, Saudi Arabia)
UNNAMED DAD had custody and deprived the mother of visitation. Notice that there are no assurances that the mother will get custody now.
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20140302197306
Abha father admits to torturing girl to death
Saudi Gazette report
ABHA — A Saudi citizen has admitted to killing his daughter and torturing his other daughters by chaining them to windows and doors, Al-Watan daily reported.
The man, who was separated from his wife, was raising his three daughters without any supervision and deprived their mother of visitation rights.
He chained his two daughters to windows in the house while his three-year-old daughter Reem was chained to a door. When he returned home one day, he found Reem dead and took her to the hospital where staff notified police. He initially told police that she died on a swing when the ropes wrapped around her neck, choking her to death, but later admitted to killing her.
A source at the school where the three sisters were studying said Reem and her sisters stopped coming to school just before final exams last year.
"The father was contacted to allow his daughters to return to school, but he replied that his daughters did not benefit from their studies," she said while adding that the educational department was notified, but before they could act, the news of Reem's death reached the school.
Spokesman for Asir Police Lt. Col. Abdullah Shathan confirmed police have referred the case to the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution (BIP).
Sources said when the father was being transported to the BIP office, he asked to be taken directly to court and said, "I killed Reem."
A source at a Asir child protection home said they had received a report that the three sisters were being tortured, but it was ambiguous.
"The report stated that the sisters were living in Khamis Mushayt while in fact they were living in Abha, and when officials called the telephone number mentioned in the report there was no reply," the source said while adding that the two sisters have been admitted to the home according to the instructions of the emir of Asir. They are being provided with the necessary care.
"Their mother has visited the two sisters after years of deprivation and they are in good health and will remain at the home until a suitable and safe environment is provided to them," the source added.
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20140302197306
Abha father admits to torturing girl to death
Saudi Gazette report
ABHA — A Saudi citizen has admitted to killing his daughter and torturing his other daughters by chaining them to windows and doors, Al-Watan daily reported.
The man, who was separated from his wife, was raising his three daughters without any supervision and deprived their mother of visitation rights.
He chained his two daughters to windows in the house while his three-year-old daughter Reem was chained to a door. When he returned home one day, he found Reem dead and took her to the hospital where staff notified police. He initially told police that she died on a swing when the ropes wrapped around her neck, choking her to death, but later admitted to killing her.
A source at the school where the three sisters were studying said Reem and her sisters stopped coming to school just before final exams last year.
"The father was contacted to allow his daughters to return to school, but he replied that his daughters did not benefit from their studies," she said while adding that the educational department was notified, but before they could act, the news of Reem's death reached the school.
Spokesman for Asir Police Lt. Col. Abdullah Shathan confirmed police have referred the case to the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution (BIP).
Sources said when the father was being transported to the BIP office, he asked to be taken directly to court and said, "I killed Reem."
A source at a Asir child protection home said they had received a report that the three sisters were being tortured, but it was ambiguous.
"The report stated that the sisters were living in Khamis Mushayt while in fact they were living in Abha, and when officials called the telephone number mentioned in the report there was no reply," the source said while adding that the two sisters have been admitted to the home according to the instructions of the emir of Asir. They are being provided with the necessary care.
"Their mother has visited the two sisters after years of deprivation and they are in good health and will remain at the home until a suitable and safe environment is provided to them," the source added.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Dad arrested for abusing 15-year-old daughter, forcing her to hid facial injuries by wearing a burqa (New Zealand)
UNNAMED DAD.
I hate it when the press refers to the father's "partner." Is this the girl's mother? Or is it a step or girlfriend? No way of knowing.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11174745
Father arrested for abuse after burqa teen's injuries exposed
By Sam Boyer
5:30 AM Thursday Dec 19, 2013
The father of a 15-year-old Muslim teenager has been arrested after allegedly beating and detaining her, and forcing her to hide her facial injuries beneath a burqa.
It is alleged he broke his daughter's nose with an umbrella, broke her teeth with a stick in a separate incident, and locked her in the house by nailing a door shut.
The man's partner was also arrested yesterday, when police and the armed offenders squad swooped on the family's Auckland home.
The girl's father, who cannot be named as it would identify his victim, appeared in Manukau District Court yesterday afternoon, charged with kidnapping, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and injuring with intent.
His partner was charged with failing to keep the girl safe. She will appear in court on Friday.
Other children at the property - ranging from pre-school to intermediate-school age - have been removed from their care by Child, Youth and Family.
The 15-year-old was previously removed from the adults' care and placed in "secure care" with another Muslim family.
Detective Inspector Jim Gallagher, officer in charge of Counties Manukau child abuse and sexual violence, said the girl's injuries and the alleged abuse were serious.
The armed offenders squad was included in the arrest because police anticipated hostility from the father.
However, the arrest was without incident, Mr Gallagher said.
Police claim the 15-year-old was subjected to sustained physical abuse over two or more months.
The court charges reveal the alleged abuse occurred through August and September.
The kidnapping charge faced by the father relate to the police allegation the daughter was unlawfully detained for a period after her injuries were sustained.
The alleged abuse only came to light after a school friend of the girl became worried about her whereabouts, borrowed a cellphone from another friend at a neighbouring school and called 111.
When officers visited her home, police allege the girl was instructed by family members to cover up with a burqa that left only her eyes exposed - a covering the girl told police that she would not usually wear.
The alleged abuse was known to some people in the Auckland region, who chose not to report it, police claim.
I hate it when the press refers to the father's "partner." Is this the girl's mother? Or is it a step or girlfriend? No way of knowing.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11174745
Father arrested for abuse after burqa teen's injuries exposed
By Sam Boyer
5:30 AM Thursday Dec 19, 2013
The father of a 15-year-old Muslim teenager has been arrested after allegedly beating and detaining her, and forcing her to hide her facial injuries beneath a burqa.
It is alleged he broke his daughter's nose with an umbrella, broke her teeth with a stick in a separate incident, and locked her in the house by nailing a door shut.
The man's partner was also arrested yesterday, when police and the armed offenders squad swooped on the family's Auckland home.
The girl's father, who cannot be named as it would identify his victim, appeared in Manukau District Court yesterday afternoon, charged with kidnapping, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and injuring with intent.
His partner was charged with failing to keep the girl safe. She will appear in court on Friday.
Other children at the property - ranging from pre-school to intermediate-school age - have been removed from their care by Child, Youth and Family.
The 15-year-old was previously removed from the adults' care and placed in "secure care" with another Muslim family.
Detective Inspector Jim Gallagher, officer in charge of Counties Manukau child abuse and sexual violence, said the girl's injuries and the alleged abuse were serious.
The armed offenders squad was included in the arrest because police anticipated hostility from the father.
However, the arrest was without incident, Mr Gallagher said.
Police claim the 15-year-old was subjected to sustained physical abuse over two or more months.
The court charges reveal the alleged abuse occurred through August and September.
The kidnapping charge faced by the father relate to the police allegation the daughter was unlawfully detained for a period after her injuries were sustained.
The alleged abuse only came to light after a school friend of the girl became worried about her whereabouts, borrowed a cellphone from another friend at a neighbouring school and called 111.
When officers visited her home, police allege the girl was instructed by family members to cover up with a burqa that left only her eyes exposed - a covering the girl told police that she would not usually wear.
The alleged abuse was known to some people in the Auckland region, who chose not to report it, police claim.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Dad burns 15-year-old daughter to death (Yemen)
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/father-burned-15-year-old-daughter-death-talking-fiance-yemen-authorities-article-1.1493743
Father burned 15-year-old daughter to death for talking to fiance: Yemen authorities
The man allegedly set the teen on fire after he caught her talking on the phone with her betrothed, officials said.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013, 9:35 AM
A man burned his 15-year-old daughter to death after he caught her talking on the phone with her fiance.
DUBAI — A father burned his 15-year-old daughter to death for keeping in touch with her fiance, police in Yemen said.
"The father committed this heinous crime on the pretext that his daughter had been keeping contacts with her fiance," according to a statement posted on a police website Tuesday. It added that the 35-year-old man had been arrested in a remote village in the central Taiz province.
Local news websites reported that the father had caught the girl chatting on the phone with her betrothed.
Her death sparked further outrage in the country where an eight-year girl died from internal bleeding on her wedding night last month. Authorities said they would prosecute those responsible.
Traditional tribal customs in parts of Yemen prohibit contacts between men and women before marriage. Poverty and concern about "family honor" prompts many Yemenis to marry off their daughters young, often below the age of 18, a practice that has been criticized by groups like Human Rights Watch.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/father-burned-15-year-old-daughter-death-talking-fiance-yemen-authorities-article-1.1493743
Father burned 15-year-old daughter to death for talking to fiance: Yemen authorities
The man allegedly set the teen on fire after he caught her talking on the phone with her betrothed, officials said.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013, 9:35 AM
A man burned his 15-year-old daughter to death after he caught her talking on the phone with her fiance.
DUBAI — A father burned his 15-year-old daughter to death for keeping in touch with her fiance, police in Yemen said.
"The father committed this heinous crime on the pretext that his daughter had been keeping contacts with her fiance," according to a statement posted on a police website Tuesday. It added that the 35-year-old man had been arrested in a remote village in the central Taiz province.
Local news websites reported that the father had caught the girl chatting on the phone with her betrothed.
Her death sparked further outrage in the country where an eight-year girl died from internal bleeding on her wedding night last month. Authorities said they would prosecute those responsible.
Traditional tribal customs in parts of Yemen prohibit contacts between men and women before marriage. Poverty and concern about "family honor" prompts many Yemenis to marry off their daughters young, often below the age of 18, a practice that has been criticized by groups like Human Rights Watch.
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