Sentences for men who castrated African boy for witchcraft

[SplitDik (imported)]

At least some harsh sentences were given in this case:

http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/Africa/ ... 10173.html

Mozambican boy castrated for witchcraft

BY AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE

Map of Mozambique/FILE

MAPUTO, Oct 15 - Two men were sentenced to 20 years in prison for cutting off a nine-year-old boy's testicles, penis and eyes to sell to a Malawian witchdoctor, Mozambican state radio reported Thursday.

One of the men was the boy's uncle, who lured him with crackers to go rat-hunting in woods near the Malawi border, while the accomplice hid nearby, the court sentence read.

One attacker covered the youth's mouth while the other hit him on the chest with a rock. They then cut off his organs and left him for dead, while one took the body parts in a bag to a middleman in Malawi, where they hoped to sell the flesh for about 560 dollars (400 euros).

The boy was discovered alive the next day and taken to hospital in Malawi.

"The crime they committed was horrible. The court condemns them to 20 years' imprisonment," judge Jorge Langa said, according to the radio report.

Many Mozambicans believe in witches who use human parts in remedies to cure diseases.

[Twinsenboy (imported)]

Seemed obvious who really was the ones possessed by truly EVIL spirits. Damn. And only 20 years?? That boy gotta live the rest of his life both BLIND and UNABLE to have children or grandchildren or great grandchildren or..

I wonder if the Mozambican prisons are like hell and that these two men will get more punishment once inside? I don't want anybody to harm anyone anymore

Worst of all.. Think of all the cases we DON'T hear about. *Shivers*

Gonna go for a long walk with my lovely eight year old dog now

[chemcast scot (imported)]

To do sutch a thing to an adult would be bad enough,but to do sutch a thing to a child is just totaly sick,and what makes this even worse is that one of the men was the boys uncle.

The fact that they cut off all his genitals,but to also take his eyes as well,and to only recieve a sentance of 20 yrs in prison,i dont doubt that the prisons over there will not be like any prisons that we have here.

What a pitty that the court did not impose a sentance to them,the same as they did to this poor boy,i dont believe in the death penalty,but in this case i think that would have been the sentance that they would have deserved.

[Il Musico (imported)]

I agree. What these men did deserves AT LEAST death sentence.

Too many countries have abolished the death sentence. I think it should be kept/reinstated, to be applied in particularly nasty cases like this one.