Sara Ege: Life jail for son's murder over Koran studies
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Sara Ege retracted her confession and blamed her husband for Yaseen's death
A mother who beat her seven-year-old son to death when he failed to memorise passages from the Koran has been jailed for life, for a minimum of 17 years.
The judge told Sara Ege, 33, she subjected Yaseen Ege to prolonged cruelty and a ferocious beating at home in Pontcanna, Cardiff, in July 2010.
She also set fire to his body, and was convicted after a five-week trial
Ege collapsed as the sentence was read out at Cardiff Crown Court and had to be helped from the dock.
This prolonged cruelty culminated on the day of his death in what was a savage attack”- Mr Justice Wyn Williams Cardiff Crown Court
She was also found guilty of perverting the course of justice and given a four-year sentence for that crime.
Her husband Yousuf Ege, a taxi driver, was cleared of allowing the death of a child by failing to protect him.
Sara Ege had pleaded not guilty to murder and claimed her husband was responsible for Yaseen's death.
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Yaseen Ege was beaten to death by his mother before she burned his body
