A teacher who raped 13 girls at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia, has been sentenced to Death by an Indonesian court today.
The teacher was first sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in the city of Bandung in February, but prosecutors were dissatisfied with the Judgement and called for the death penalty, filed an appeal.
The teacher, Herry Wirawen, who judges said sexually groomed 13 girls, aged between 12 and 16 years old and impregnated at least nine of his victims.
Passing the Judgement in a statement on Monday posted on the Bandung High Court’s website, the judge said, ‘(We) hereby punish the defendant with the death penalty’.
A family member of one of the victims told AFP news agency that he was ‘very disappointed’ with the initial ruling which he described as lenient.
‘This wound will never be healed as long as we live, maybe until we die. The pain we are feeling is indescribable. We don’t feel heard,’ said Hidmat Dijaya, an uncle of one of the 13 victims.
He said, “If the sentence is lenient like this, there will be more Islamic teachers who will abuse children,’ he added.
“We will let God as the highest judge punish him. We can only pray because those judges failed to represent our hurt and pain.’
Herry was said to have committed the act between 2016 and 2021.
