Cleric gets eight years for raping and beating daughter, 5, to death

A prominent Muslim preacher has been sentenced to eight years in prison and 800 lashes for raping and beating his five-year-old daughter to death, an official Saudi news agency reported.

Fayhan al-Ghamdi, who often preached on television, was convicted of beating his daughter Lama with canes and electrical cables, crushing her skull.