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Child rapist awarded death
Convict Waliullah had confessed to his heinous crime during an earlier hearing. PHOTO: EXPRESS
RAWALPINDI:
A court has awarded double death penalty to a man who raped and killed his seven-year-old niece in 2019.
Handing down the verdict on Saturday, Additional District and Sessions Judge Masood Akhtar Kiyani also imposed a fine of Rs600,000 on the convict, namely Waliullah Khan.
The judge observed that the crime committed by the man was heinous and therefore the convict deserved no mercy.
At a previous hearing, the perpetrator had asked for a pardon from his brother Noorullah Khan, the victim’s father. The suspect had apologised to his brother in the courtroom for the crime but the victim’s father had turned down his request.
In Rawalpindi, verdict reserved in girl s rape-murder case
The decision will be pronounced on January 30
RAWALPINDI:
Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Masood Akhtar Kiyani has reserved the verdict in the rape and murder case of a seven-year-old girl allegedly by his uncle.
The decision will be pronounced on January 30. The suspect, Waliullah Khan, had allegedly raped his niece Sidra on November 22, 2019, and brutally killed her by suffocating her with a pillow.
A case on the report of the victim s father Noorullah Khan was registered in the Airport police station and the hearing continued for 16 months. The suspect apologised to his brother in the courtroom for the offense which the victim’s father turned down. He said the apology would not bring his daughter back to life.