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2006-10-24 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Egyptians who enslaved girl, 10, get U.S. prison

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Egyptian nationals who pleaded guilty to enslaving a 10-year-old Egyptian girl at their Southern California home, making her work long hours serving their family of seven, were sentenced on Monday to prison terms. Perhaps their new roommates will teach them a thing or two about "enslavment".

Abdel Nasser Youssef Ibrahim, 57, was sentenced to three years in federal prison and his former wife, Amal Ahmed Ewisabd Motelib, 43, was given 22 months behind bars by a federal judge. Prosecutors said the pair will be deported after serving their sentences.

U.S. District Judge James Selna also ordered the defendants to pay their victim more than $76,000 in restitution, which represents the money the girl should have been paid during the two years she worked for their family.

"The young victim in this case was subject to inhumane conditions that included both physical and verbal abuse," U.S. Attorney Debra Yang said in a written statement.
"As a result of recent changes in federal law she has been granted a visa that will allow her to stay and hopefully prosper in the United States," Yang said.

In pleading guilty in June the defendants admitted bringing the girl to the United States from Egypt in 2000 when she was 10 under an arrangement with her parents, confiscating her passport and forcing her to work 16 hours a day as a domestic servant.

The girl was required to assist the couple's youngest children in getting ready for school, to prepare and serve food, clean the home, do laundry and work in the yard, according to court papers.

She was not allowed to attend school and was told she would be arrested if she was spotted alone outside their home. The couple each admitted to slapping the girl at least once to get her to work, the court papers said. Authorities did not say how her plight came to light.

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-10-24 09:46|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This will become more prevalent here if severe penalties are not administered. This sounds like a peck on the cheek. Is this foul shit going to be deported once he's completed this small detour ?

Posted by SpecOp35 2006-10-24 11:34|| 2006-10-24 11:34|| Front Page Top

#2 22 months for slavery????!?!!!!!

Geez Louise and Skilling got 24 YEARS.

Where are the child labor laws? Since when is hiring a 10 yr. old legal?

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-10-24 14:21|| 2006-10-24 14:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Prosecutors said the pair will be deported after serving their sentences.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-24 21:22|| 2006-10-24 21:22|| Front Page Top

#4 If their youngest children are US citizens, I doubt they will be deported after all. I'm still waiting for Imam Fawaz Damra, who lost his citizenship over concealed ties to terrorism, to be deported.

Posted by Slaviger Angomong7708 2006-10-24 21:30|| 2006-10-24 21:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Where did they buy her? How many more are there? How many of the "kids" coming in as families are slaves? How many of their own are? Giggedy-giggedy.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-10-24 22:17|| 2006-10-24 22:17|| Front Page Top

#6 seeing as how they were Egyptian and of the master race, how likely the slavegirl was Coptic?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-10-24 22:19|| 2006-10-24 22:19|| Front Page Top

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