A judge Tuesday sentenced Alfred Younes, 49, to five years in prison for helping his son, Ali Younes, 20, avoid prosecution for robbery and trying to kill a woman last year on the UI campus and escape to Jordan. His wife also was sentenced to five years for helping their son.
As she choked back tears, Lima Khairi Mohammad Younes, 45, received her sentencing Thursday for her role in the escape of her son and former University of Iowa student Ali Younes, 20, from the U.S. The decision was handed down by Johnson County Judge Jason Burns, who gave Lima Younes a five-year indeterminate sentence. According.
A judge sentenced an Iowa City woman to five years in prison for helping her son escape to Jordan to avoid being prosecuted for robbing and attempting to kill a woman on the University of Iowa campus in 2022. She was convicted by a Johnson County jury last month.
Former University of Iowa student Ali Younes is still on the run after fleeing the United States to avoid a criminal trial for charges of attempted murder, first-degree robbery, and first-degree theft. In his absence, Ali Younes’ parents, Lima Khairi Mohammad Younes, 45, and Alfred Ali Mohammad, 49, have been charged with assisting with their.