Overview
- On Monday the Oberlandesgericht München found the couple guilty of buying, enslaving and abusing two Yazidi girls in IS-held territory between 2015 and 2017.
- The court concluded the acts included repeated sexual violence and physical torture, citing evidence such as burns with hot water, beatings and forced household servitude.
- The male defendant was sentenced to life in prison and the woman received a nine‑and‑a‑half‑year juvenile sentence for crimes that include genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- One victim testified that her family freed her in 2018, while the other girl remains missing and has not been located.
- Judges and prosecutors framed the case as enforcing international‑law findings about IS crimes and said the ruling may strengthen domestic avenues for documenting atrocities and pursuing other IS-era suspects.