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A WOMAN AND her boyfriend who were found guilty of the murder of her 15-year-old brother, who they accused of being possessed by witchcraft, have been sentenced to life by a London court.
Kristy Bamu, 15, had suffered 130 injuries when he was found dead in the home of Magalie Bamu and her boyfriend Eric Bikubi at Christmas 2010. He had been attacked with sticks, metal bars, ceramic floor tiles, bottles, a hammer and a chisel.
Kristy eventually drowned after being forced into a bathtub and doused with cold water for “ritual cleansing.”
Today, a court in London sentenced Bikubi to a minimum of 30 years while Bamu was sentenced to 25 years.
In December 2010, Kristy, his two brothers and two other sisters came from their home in Paris to spend the holidays with Bamu and Bikubi. Soon after they arrived, the couple accused them of witchcraft and began to threaten and beat them, as well as witholding food and water.
The two sisters convinced the couple to stop attacking them by “confessing” to engaging in witchcraft. However, they continued to beat Kristy.
In the original trial, prosecutor Brian Altman said that the boy had been “the victim of a prolonged attack of unspeakable savagery and brutality” – a sentiment that was echoed by the sentencing judge today, who said the murder had a”sadistic element”.
Judge David Paget said that Kristy had been subject to “prolonged torture involving mental and physical suffering being inflicted before death”. He added:
The belief in witchcraft, however genuine, cannot excuse an assault to another person, let alone the killing of another human being.
He refused to accept Bamu’s testimony that she did not believe in witchcraft but had been forced to attack her brother by her boyfriend, saying that the murder was “only explicable if (she) shared Eric Bikubi’s belief.
Kristy’s father, Pierre, previously released a statement, saying: “I feel betrayed. To know that Kristy’s own sister, Magalie, did nothing to save him makes the pain that much worse.”
Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of Kristy Bamu, 15.
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good enough for the evil shits. hopefully they Will get a bit of the same treatment they gave to that poor child
The details were horrific. How someone can do this to another human being is beyond belief,but to do it to your own baby brother?it’s beyond comprehension. They are animals regardless of any ‘beliefs’ they may have. There is no excuse for such torture and they deserve to rot in jail at the very least
Not having a go, but I’ve always found the description of people like these as “animals” strange. It’s only ever people who do sick shit like this. You’d never find any other creature on the planet doing something as depraved and low
Yes,your right, I should have said ‘inhumane’ or ‘alien to me’ but in the spur of the moment the word animal seemed to fit. It’s just depraved and sick. Unimaginable
It is noteworthy, that animals have never lowered themselves to this level of depravity.
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