ALBAWABA - Stepmother who tortured Iraqi child Mousa Wala' to death was sentenced to 15 years in jail, Iraqi local media reported on Sunday.
Shocking pictures of the young victim, Mousa Walaa, emerged online showing scars of brutal torture on the young child's body causing wide controversy about "how was his father silenced by the torture of his young child?"
Earlier, Iraqi media sources revealed the young child's body was found lying on the ground after he was exposed to torture at the hands of his stepmother in the Iraqi capital in July.
The horrific crime took place near the city of Al Shula in the capital, Baghdad. According to Iraqi authorities, the stepmother attempted to escape policemen but she was arrested and confessed to torturing Mousa Wala'.
In detail, the judicial media confirmed in a statement: "Karkh Criminal Court issued its verdict against the Iraqi stepmother for abusing her 7-year-old husband's son by beating him using her hands and kitchen tools as well as hitting his head against the wall, which led to his scarring, and eventually led to his death."
Activists on social media have decried the court sentence taken against the stepmother who killed an Iraqi child in Baghdad saying that she deserved a death sentence not only 15 years in jail.
A person wrote on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, "As I expected, no death sentence was taken against the Iraqi stepmother."
