German court jails IS woman who allowed Yazidi girl to die of thirst in Iraq

Defendant Jennifer W arrives in a courtroom for her trial in Munich, Germany (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

Mon, 25 Oct, 2021 - 10:24

Associated Press Reporter

A German convert to Islam has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges that, as a member of the so-called Islamic State group in Iraq, she allowed a five-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave to die of thirst in the hot sun.

The Higher Regional Court in Munich convicted the 30-year-old, identified only as Jennifer W in line with privacy rules, of – among other things – membership of a terrorist organisation abroad, aiding and abetting attempted murder, attempted war crimes and crimes against humanity, German news agency dpa reported.