A panel of judges sentenced two Emirati men to 15 years in prison each Wednesday in connection with a kidnapping and sexual attack on a 15-year-old French-Swiss boy.
"Justice was done," said Veronique Robert, the victim's mother, speaking to The Associated Press by phone after the verdict was read in Dubai's Court of First Instance.
A third defendant, who is under age 18, is being tried in a juvenile court on the same charges and could face up to 10 years imprisonment if convicted. The status of that case has not been made public.
When the case came to light, Robert accused Emirati authorities of lying about the HIV status of the older defendant, who is HIV positive, to cover up the fact that AIDS exists in Dubai.
"He (the older defendant) said to the prosecutors that he was HIV positive," Robert said Wednesday by phone after she left the courtroom.
"He knew that he might have planted death into my son, and for that he is a criminal who deserves to be in jail for life."
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