April 17, 2018:
A Pakistani high court has convicted a former judge and his wife of torturing a 10-year-old child working as a servant at their home and sentenced them to a year in prison.
Justice Aamer Farooq of the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday also fined the couple - former deputy district judge Raja Khurram and his wife Maheen - the sum of 100,000 Pakistani rupees, about $900.
The case of the girl, Tayyaba, first made headlines when police rescued her in 2016 from the judge's residence in Islamabad, following complaints from neighbors.
Initially her parents struck a deal to pardon the couple but the Supreme Court, which also acts as a supervisory tribunal, ordered a retrial.
Prosecutor Tariq Jahangiri said the verdict was reached after a retrial that lasted one year.
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