Migrant domestic worker found guilty of murder of child Celine

The Criminal Court of Beirut chaired by Judge Hani Abdel Mounim Hajjar pronounced yesterday its verdict in the murder of toddler Celine Rakan. The Ethiopian domestic worker, Bosai, was sentenced to 20-years imprisonment with hard labor and forced to pay in personal compensation the amount of LBP 150 million to plaintiff, Celine’s father, Yasser Rakan. It should be noted, that the case of Rakan has been surrounded with conflicting reports and inconsistent information which did not help in unmasking the truth about the killing in the beginning. The father originally said his daughter died after being administered a vaccine, only to claim later after uncovering security footage from inside the house that Bosai has strangled his child and stolen items from his residence. Bosai, for her part, has accused the father of sexual harassment. The Felony Court compiled in its 18-page sentence all statements made by the suspect at all stages of the investigation process, as well as testimonies of eyewitnesses, mainly doctors, focusing on the surveillance cameras inside the house, which showed that Bosai had disconnected and later reconnected the power twice. The sentence also outlined all the suspect’s statements before the court and arrived at an indubitable conviction that Bosai has killed Celine . (Al Mustaqbal, July 5, 2017)
 

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