LAHORE: A Pakistani court docket acquitted 12 males of kid intercourse abuse and blackmail fees on Saturday, the most recent verdict in a massive paedophilia scandal that rocked the rustic in August 2015.
The abuse and extortion scandal, which government have known as the biggest in Pakistan's historical past, allegedly involved hundreds of victims in Punjab province.
Two of the accused had been jailed for lifestyles in April closing yr.
Judge Chaudhry Ilyas acquitted the boys of "sexual abuse of a young boy and making a video to blackmail his family," a court docket reputable told AFP.
Prosecutors produced 16 witnesses against the accused males, but may not end up the charges, the reputable stated. Another court docket reputable confirmed the main points.
In the village of Hussain Khanwala in Kasur, southwest of Lahore, videos had been manufactured from at least 280 children being sexually abused via a gang who blackmailed their parents via threatening to leak the videos.
The police, who had conspicuously failed to act despite pleas from some parents, eventually made dozens of arrests after clashes between family members and government introduced the issue into the media highlight.
In March 2016, Pakistan's Senate additionally passed a invoice that criminalised sexual attack against minors, kid pornography and trafficking for the first time -- in the past most effective the acts of rape and sodomy had been punishable via regulation.
Last week a court docket handed 4 death sentences to a man charged with raping and murdering a six-year-old girl, in a case that surprised the rustic and sparked primary riots in his home district.
Imran Ali, 24, used to be on trial for killing Zainab Fatima Ameen in Kasur closing month.
He faces further fees within the circumstances of at least seven other children attacked within the Punjab city — 5 of whom had been murdered — in a spate of assaults that had stoked fears a serial kid killer used to be on the unfastened.
Ali has confessed to all 8 attacks, including the death of Zainab.
The abuse and extortion scandal, which government have known as the biggest in Pakistan's historical past, allegedly involved hundreds of victims in Punjab province.
Two of the accused had been jailed for lifestyles in April closing yr.
Judge Chaudhry Ilyas acquitted the boys of "sexual abuse of a young boy and making a video to blackmail his family," a court docket reputable told AFP.
Prosecutors produced 16 witnesses against the accused males, but may not end up the charges, the reputable stated. Another court docket reputable confirmed the main points.
In the village of Hussain Khanwala in Kasur, southwest of Lahore, videos had been manufactured from at least 280 children being sexually abused via a gang who blackmailed their parents via threatening to leak the videos.
The police, who had conspicuously failed to act despite pleas from some parents, eventually made dozens of arrests after clashes between family members and government introduced the issue into the media highlight.
In March 2016, Pakistan's Senate additionally passed a invoice that criminalised sexual attack against minors, kid pornography and trafficking for the first time -- in the past most effective the acts of rape and sodomy had been punishable via regulation.
Last week a court docket handed 4 death sentences to a man charged with raping and murdering a six-year-old girl, in a case that surprised the rustic and sparked primary riots in his home district.
Imran Ali, 24, used to be on trial for killing Zainab Fatima Ameen in Kasur closing month.
He faces further fees within the circumstances of at least seven other children attacked within the Punjab city — 5 of whom had been murdered — in a spate of assaults that had stoked fears a serial kid killer used to be on the unfastened.
Ali has confessed to all 8 attacks, including the death of Zainab.
Pakistan acquits 12 men accused of child sex abuse
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