Tunisia sentences man to death for murder and rape of infant

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGVNGUMS5es4pfc6py8edeB3mWDkuqQ1kzU1CxIgZxoh0zYsMmLFXcO8tJmcYMdXarkYiqt4y7zLG2IptCNQ_ltdulPFlU1LT2aCBWTKRCQvw-85M0HNemFgnLWsxNK8lgS30neCgZfk/s1600/Mohamed+Amine+Yahyaoui.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mohamed Amine Yahyaoui" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGVNGUMS5es4pfc6py8edeB3mWDkuqQ1kzU1CxIgZxoh0zYsMmLFXcO8tJmcYMdXarkYiqt4y7zLG2IptCNQ_ltdulPFlU1LT2aCBWTKRCQvw-85M0HNemFgnLWsxNK8lgS30neCgZfk/s320/Mohamed+Amine+Yahyaoui.jpg" title="Mohamed Amine Yahyaoui" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mohamed Amine Yahyaoui</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">An Army Corporal accused of murdering a four-year-old child has been sentenced to death by firearm, the lawyer of the victim's family confirmed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The Permanent Military Court of Tunis, on Tuesday, pronounced the death penalty by firearm against the killer of child Yassine Aouachri," Zoubeir Yahyaoui added in a statement to Tunisian Agence Presse. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The defendant has the right to appeal against the ruling.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Capital punishment can only take place when it is validated by the President of the Republic. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The last time capital punishment was used in Tunisia was in 1991.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mohamed Amine Yahyaoui, 25, was charged with misappropriation of a minor, using violence that resulted in the death, rape, sequestration and maltreatment of a juvenile with premeditation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 4-year-old child, who was abducted on 17 May 2016 in front of a primary school in the Mellassine neighbourhood, was found murdered the same day in an abandoned house in Cite Hellal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yahyaoui had made 4 attempts to kidnap a child before capturing Yassine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Source: Middle East Monitor, January 3, 2017<br /><br /><br /><h2>Tunisie : Peine capitale pour l’assassin du petit Yassine</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Le soldat Mohamed Amine Yahyaoui a été condamné à la peine capitale pour le viol et le meurtre, en mai dernier, du petit Yassine.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Le tribunal militaire de Tunis a condamné, mardi 3 janvier 2017, Mohamed Amine Yahyaoui (25 ans) à la peine de mort par fusillade.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Incarcéré, depuis le 17 mai 2016, pour le viol et le meurtre, le même jour, de Yassine (4 ans) à Mellassine, quartier populaire l’ouest de Tunis, Mohamed Amine Yahyaoui a indiqué au juge qu’il souffrait de troubles psychiques, affirmant ne pas être responsable de ses faits et gestes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Les différentes expertises effectuées ont démontré qu’il est conscient et responsable et doit être jugé pour son crime odieux qui a ébranlé la Tunisie.</div><br />Source: Kapitalis, 3 janvier 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; 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Tunisia sentences man to death for murder and rape of infant

Mohamed Amine Yahyaoui An Army Corporal accused of murdering a four-year-old child has been sentenced to death by firearm, the lawyer of the...

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