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Mom Jailed for Killing Son Over Quran

A British judge on Monday sentenced a woman he called a "devoted and loving mother" to at least 17 years in prison for beating her son to death after he failed to memorize passages from the Quran. A jury at Cardiff Crown Court in Wales convicted 33-year-old Sara Ege last month of murdering 7-year-old Yaseen and burning his body to destroy the evidence. Judge Wyn Williams said Ege beat Yaseen repeatedly with a stick over several months, causing internal injuries. He said that, on...Full Story
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