MP gets two years in jail over child abduction Tuesday, 17 January 2012 12:51 South Sudan >>> .Rumbek Central County Court has sentenced Zachariah Pouric, a member of the State Legislative Assembly, to a two-year imprisonment over adultery and child abduction.
The case of child abduction was filed against Pouric by the relatives of the child in question. Last week, the Speaker of the State Assembly lifted Pouric's immunity to allow him answer to the child abduction charges against him. Pouric however, earlier told Radio Miraya from the police station where he was detained that the child in question is his own biological child. The judge on Monday pronounced Pouric guilty of committing adultery and child abduction. In addition to the two year sentence, he was ordered to pay SSP1000 bail and a penalty of seven cows for adultery. The court has also handed over the three children Pouric claimed were his, to the husband of the woman with whom he used to cohabitate. Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 January 2012 17:53 ) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
