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A nurse in Cameroon has been sentenced to death by a firing squad for deliberately injecting two of her lover's children with HIV and Hepatitis B contaminated blood.
The High Court in Nkongsamba convicted Yango Huguette Laure of attempted murder.
The judgement in the high profile trial has been welcomed by most Cameroonians.
The judge concluded that by injecting the two children, 11 and 15-years old, with the contaminated blood, Laure wanted revenge on their father, who she claimed broke a promise to marry her.
Recounting her story to the court the nurse said she went to the school compound where the children were in classes and deceived both the school authorities that she had instructions from their father to inject them against Tuberculosis and Tetanus.
The court was told that she then led the children to a quiet corner of the school, where she injected them with the contaminated blood.
Tests
During the first hearing of the case, the judge requested a medical test to be conducted on the defendant, youngsters and their father.
The results of the test showed that the nurse and the children were all HIV positive, but their father, was HIV negative.
The father of the children admitted in court that the lady had been his girlfriend, but that they had separated two years ago.
It took the High Court in Nkongsamba 18 months to assemble all the evidence.
The High Court in Nkongsamba convicted Yango Huguette Laure of attempted murder.
The judgement in the high profile trial has been welcomed by most Cameroonians.
The judge concluded that by injecting the two children, 11 and 15-years old, with the contaminated blood, Laure wanted revenge on their father, who she claimed broke a promise to marry her.
Recounting her story to the court the nurse said she went to the school compound where the children were in classes and deceived both the school authorities that she had instructions from their father to inject them against Tuberculosis and Tetanus.
The court was told that she then led the children to a quiet corner of the school, where she injected them with the contaminated blood.
Tests
During the first hearing of the case, the judge requested a medical test to be conducted on the defendant, youngsters and their father.
The results of the test showed that the nurse and the children were all HIV positive, but their father, was HIV negative.
The father of the children admitted in court that the lady had been his girlfriend, but that they had separated two years ago.
It took the High Court in Nkongsamba 18 months to assemble all the evidence.