UAE: TORTURE DAD SENTENCED TO DEATH, GIRLFRIEND GETS LIFE IN PRISON

February 13, 2013: Dubai criminal court has sentenced the Emirati torture dad to death while his girlfriend was given life in prison.
"Death!!" she said in a low and sad voice as tears fell from her eyes and the policewomen carried her baby boy while she collapsed into her chair.
The couple were acquitted from the charge of hiding the girl's corpse.
The badly beaten body of eight-year-old Wadeema was found buried in the desert, and her father and his girlfriend have been convicted of killing her.
Her brutal death has since inspired new child-protection legislation, known as Wadeema's law.
Wadeema's father, HS, a 29-year-old security supervisor, and his girlfriend, AM, 27, also Emirati, are accused of torturing the child and her sister Mira, 7, who survived.
"This case shocks Emirati society," Mr Ahmed said. "It doesn't reflect our traditions and Islamic principles and today is the day of judgment and punishment."
At the previous hearing, the family and juvenile prosecutor Shihab Ahmed said neither of the accused had shown any remorse after Wadeema's death and had continued to torture Mira.
"The punishment of death will be the only consolation to Wadeema's loved ones," he said. "According to law number 344 from the UAE Penal Code, we seek the death penalty." (Sources: thenational.ae, 13/02/2013)