A criminal court in the Qena governorate sentenced a 21-year-old Copt (Jirjis Bārūmī) to fifteen years in aggravated imprisonment and a fine of five thousand pounds for raping a 12-year-old Muslim girl (Yusrā Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahāb) in Farshūt (Qena governorate).

Incident goes back to November 18, 2009 when Bārūmī inveigled a child from the village's residents and raped here in one of the sugarcane farms, the residents managed to catch him.

(Reviewer's Note: this story was also covered by: al-Misrī al-Yawm on March 15, 2011 page 3; al-Shurūq al-Jadīd on March 15, 2011, page 3; Rose al-Yūsuf on March 15, 2011 page 1; and al-Wafd on March 15, 2011, page 12)

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