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According to Gulf news, charges against a preacher who tortured his daughter to death has been dropped.
Al Gamdi, in 2011 beat his 5 year old daughter, Luma to death.
In December 2011, Luma’s mother was informed by the police in Riyadh that her daughter was in hospital where she was being treated for severe burns and bruises, and that her condition was critical.
“It was such a terrible shock to see her frail body in this tragic state. She remained paralyzed for several months before she passed away,” she said.
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Luma’s case became widely known in 2012, on how her father tortured her with iron and wires when he doubted her virginity.
The mother initially insisted on the death penalty for her former husband and his wife for “torturing” her daughter, but she later changed her mind, saying that she would rather take blood money to help her with the increasingly frustrating financial challenges.
“I have three other children from a previous marriage and a house to look after and I will need the money. There is no interest for the family in the execution of my former husband.”
In 2013, court in Hawat sentenced Al Gamdi sentenced Al Gamdi to 8 years in prison and 800 lashes, however after appeals it was reduced to 3 years.
Luma’s egyptian mother said her daughter lived with her under court laws, but was allowed to visit her father once a while.
She added that she had agreed to marry her ex-husband as he appeared to be a gentle and reformed man after spending years of his life as a drug addict. However, following the marriage, he turned into a violent man who often beat her, forcing her to file for divorce.
“The last visit was when I took her to see him in Riyadh where he had moved after he lapsed into a long silence even though Luma was keen on seeing him.” Luma’s mother told Saudi media. “The agreement was that she spends only two weeks with him, but after 14 days he refused to let her come back home to me. The last words I heard from her were ‘I love you, mum and I always pray for you.’ Her father often said that he would make her forget all about me”