Imam sentenced to 2 years for severe burn on Nephew in Grand Cape Mount

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By Garmah Lomoh|LPR News, Monrovia

The 5th Judicial Circuit Court in Grand Cape Mount County Western Liberia headed by Judge Ausman Feakai has sentenced an Imam Identified as Siafa Fahnbulleh to two years Imprisonment.

Imam Fahnbulleh an Arabic instructor pleaded guilty when his indictment was read to him in court and asked forgiveness and said it was the devil that fooled him.

The court had mercy upon him and sentenced him to two years jail deducting the nine months from the two years he has spent in jail.

Convict Fahnbulleh is therefore in jail for 15months after which he will be set free.

He was convicted for crimes of aggravated assault, criminal Attempt to Commit murder among others.

It can be recalled on July 16,2019, convict Fahnbulleh was charged by the Liberian national Police and forwarded to court to the crimes mentioned above.

Imam Fahnbulleh lighted a huge fire and held is his 11year old Nephew Seidou Fahnbulleh two legs to it for allegedly stealing over food thereby burning under his foot inflicting serious bodily wounds.

The Arabic Instructor and Iman after serverely burning under his nephew his feet, He did not stop there, but went ahead lighting fire on the strung of a palm and held the boy two hands to it also.

He did the act on Monday, July 8, 2019 following his cruelty, he took the child to an unknown place with his burned foots going through those pains.

The survivor was discovered in a kitchen on their farm Thursday, July 12, 2019 by a passerby.

The 11 years old survivor is an orphan, he lost his mother during the Ebola era and his biological father passed two years ago after he want to fell tree and tree fell on him.

Survivor Seidou Fahnbulleh was accused of eating over someone food that cause his uncle to carryout such a cruelty act.

He was Monday, July 15, 2019 send to the Madina Magisterial Court by the Women and Children Section of the Liberia National Police and later forwarded to the 5th Judicial Circuit Court for trial.