Islamic school teacher who raped 13 students as young as 12 leaving eight pregnant now faces the death penalty after his life sentence was upgraded - AMEBO NEWSPAPERS NG.

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Islamic school teacher who raped 13 students as young as 12 leaving eight pregnant now faces the death penalty after his life sentence was upgraded

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An Islamic teacher who raped 13 girls at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia is now facing the death penalty, a court has today said, after he had initially been sentenced to life in prison. 

Herry Wirawan, who judges said sexually groomed 13 girls, aged between 12 and 16 years old and impregnated at least nine of his victims - was sentenced to life in jail in February but prosecutors who filed for the death penalty filed an appeal.
'(We) hereby punish the defendant with the death penalty,' the judge said in a statement on Monday posted on the Bandung High Court's website.
Ira Mambo, Herry's lawyer, declined to comment on whether there would be an appeal, citing a need to see the full ruling from the court.

A spokesperson for the local prosecutor's office also said it would wait to receive the final ruling before commenting.
Between 2016 and 2021, Herry sexually groomed 13 girls, who were between 12 and 16 years old, and impregnated eight of his victims, a judge said in February.

Indonesian officials, including the country's child protection minister, had also backed calls for the death penalty, though the nation's human rights commission, which opposes the death penalty, said it was not appropriate.
Wirawan had arrived in court in handcuffs and kept his head down as the judge sentenced him. The court said restitution for the victims will be paid by the government.

While the chairman of Indonesia's Child Protection Commission said the initial verdict meant 'justice for the victims has been served', a family member of one of the victims told AFP news agency he was 'very disappointed' that Wirawan did not receive a harsher sentence and warned that leniency would embolden other abusers.

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