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View all search resultsMedan court sentences girl to five months of counseling for matricide
The verdict is more lenient than what the prosecutor sought, and both the prosecutor and the defendant’s lawyer said they are considering the verdict before deciding on the next legal step.
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court in North Sumatra sent a 12-year-old girl for five months of treatment and counseling on Tuesday for killing her mother in their home in Medan, North Sumatra.
The verdict, which was delivered during a closed trial session led by presiding judge Evelyne Napitupulu, was three months lighter than the sentence demanded by prosecutors.
“Sentencing the suspect to five months of treatment and counselling at the Social Affairs Ministry’s Medan Social Rehabilitation House for five months,” she said.
She said that the suspect identified only as AL was found guilty of Article 458 (2) of the 2023 Criminal Code (KUHP) and Law No. 11/2012 under the juvenile system, in accordance with prosecutor’s indictment.
The judge said there were several mitigating factors in the light sentencing, such as the girl admitting her wrongdoing and showing remorse, her good demeanor during trial, having no prior offenses and the fact that she is still only 12 years old with a future ahead of her.
The panel of judges also considered her mother’s temperament, which resulted in frequent beatings and who often scolded the suspect, causing her depression.
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