Seven to die by hanging for raping disabled boy

A Kuwaiti appeals court on Wednesday sentenced seven young men to death for the abduction and rape of a disabled 13 -year -old boy, the victim’ s lawyer said.
Ibrahim al -Bathani told AFP that the court overturned a 10-year jail term handed in April by a lower court against the seven accused .
He said the seven defendants, aged 18 -23 , abducted the victim in September last year to a chalet where they sexually assaulted him.
The victim is a Kuwaiti citizen suffering from partial mental disability, the lawyer said.
“This is a historic verdict ,” Bathani said.
The convicts, four Kuwaitis , a Yemeni , an Iraqi and a stateless person , filmed part of the rape and threatened to post it on social media if the boy spoke of his ordeal , Bathani said.
Prosecutors found the videos on the phones of some of the defendants .
The ruling is not final as the case must go to the Kuwaiti Supreme court whose verdicts are final .
The death penalty in Kuwait is carried out by hanging