A German court on Monday sentenced an Iraqi couple linked to the so-called "Islamic State" militant group to lengthy prison sentences over the enslavement and abuse of two Yazidi girls.
The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office charged the couple with committing war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. They were also accused of sexually abusing children and aiding and abetting the listed offenses.
The man was sentenced to life in prison, while his former partner was given a juvenile sentence of nine and a half years.
The couple, identified as Twana H.S. and Asia R.A. in line with German privacy law, were most recently living in Germany and were arrested in the southern state of Bavaria in April.
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