Yaseen was beaten by his mother over a period of 3 months because he hadn't learned the Koran by heart. After he died, his mother left him in the house, which she set on fire to hide the crime. Yaseen's autopsy, however, showed that he was already dead before the fire, as there was no smoke in his lungs.
Yaseen's mother Sara,33, collapsed as the sentence was delivered at Cardiff Crown Court. She had been praised as a "brilliant mother" to seven-year-old Yaseen but was convicted of his murder by a jury.
The court heard she treated Yaseen like a "dog" and repeatedly beat him with a stick for failing to memorise religious texts quickly enough. Yaseen had suffered multiple injuries to his body and died from internal injuries caused by three months of punishing beatings.
Ege set fire to the family house to hide her actions and played the part of a parent mourning the tragic death of her son.
The judge ordered her to serve a minimum of 17 years behind bars and said: "The violence that you perpetrated on your son was not confined to one day. "I am satisfied that, over three months, you beat him on a number of occasions, often with a wooden pestle. "His injuries must have caused him a good deal of pain. In my judgment Yaseen was subjected to prolonged cruelty." The judge accepted the defence's argument that India-born Ege was "a devoted and loving mother" who suffered from depression and domestic violence.
Ege accused her husband Yousef Ege, 38, who stood trial with his wife, of being a violent bully who beat her and was their son's real killer, but he was cleared of causing or allowing his son's death at home in Pontcanna, Cardiff, South Wales, by failing to act to prevent it. Sara Ege was found guilty both of murder and of a charge of obstructing justice.
Following Ege's conviction, a representative of the South Wales Police said: "Throughout this investigation we have heard many tributes to Yaseen. "Quiet, hard-working, bright, well-behaved, obedient, respectful, polite, smiley - are just some of the words used to describe Yaseen by those who knew him. It is a tragedy that such a promising young life was taken away in such disturbing circumstances and that those who knew him will not have the opportunity to see him grow up to become a young man."
Yaseen's mother Sara,33, collapsed as the sentence was delivered at Cardiff Crown Court. She had been praised as a "brilliant mother" to seven-year-old Yaseen but was convicted of his murder by a jury.
The court heard she treated Yaseen like a "dog" and repeatedly beat him with a stick for failing to memorise religious texts quickly enough. Yaseen had suffered multiple injuries to his body and died from internal injuries caused by three months of punishing beatings.
Ege set fire to the family house to hide her actions and played the part of a parent mourning the tragic death of her son.
The judge ordered her to serve a minimum of 17 years behind bars and said: "The violence that you perpetrated on your son was not confined to one day. "I am satisfied that, over three months, you beat him on a number of occasions, often with a wooden pestle. "His injuries must have caused him a good deal of pain. In my judgment Yaseen was subjected to prolonged cruelty." The judge accepted the defence's argument that India-born Ege was "a devoted and loving mother" who suffered from depression and domestic violence.
Ege accused her husband Yousef Ege, 38, who stood trial with his wife, of being a violent bully who beat her and was their son's real killer, but he was cleared of causing or allowing his son's death at home in Pontcanna, Cardiff, South Wales, by failing to act to prevent it. Sara Ege was found guilty both of murder and of a charge of obstructing justice.
Following Ege's conviction, a representative of the South Wales Police said: "Throughout this investigation we have heard many tributes to Yaseen. "Quiet, hard-working, bright, well-behaved, obedient, respectful, polite, smiley - are just some of the words used to describe Yaseen by those who knew him. It is a tragedy that such a promising young life was taken away in such disturbing circumstances and that those who knew him will not have the opportunity to see him grow up to become a young man."
Yaseen was beaten by his mother over a period of 3 months because he hadn't learned the Koran by heart. After he died, his mother left him in the house, which she set on fire to hide the crime. Yaseen's autopsy, however, showed that he was already dead before the fire, as there was no smoke in his lungs.
Yaseen's mother Sara,33, collapsed as the sentence was delivered at Cardiff Crown Court. She had been praised as a "brilliant mother" to seven-year-old Yaseen but was convicted of his murder by a jury.
The court heard she treated Yaseen like a "dog" and repeatedly beat him with a stick for failing to memorise religious texts quickly enough. Yaseen had suffered multiple injuries to his body and died from internal injuries caused by three months of punishing beatings.
Ege set fire to the family house to hide her actions and played the part of a parent mourning the tragic death of her son.
The judge ordered her to serve a minimum of 17 years behind bars and said: "The violence that you perpetrated on your son was not confined to one day. "I am satisfied that, over three months, you beat him on a number of occasions, often with a wooden pestle. "His injuries must have caused him a good deal of pain. In my judgment Yaseen was subjected to prolonged cruelty." The judge accepted the defence's argument that India-born Ege was "a devoted and loving mother" who suffered from depression and domestic violence.
Ege accused her husband Yousef Ege, 38, who stood trial with his wife, of being a violent bully who beat her and was their son's real killer, but he was cleared of causing or allowing his son's death at home in Pontcanna, Cardiff, South Wales, by failing to act to prevent it. Sara Ege was found guilty both of murder and of a charge of obstructing justice.
Following Ege's conviction, a representative of the South Wales Police said: "Throughout this investigation we have heard many tributes to Yaseen. "Quiet, hard-working, bright, well-behaved, obedient, respectful, polite, smiley - are just some of the words used to describe Yaseen by those who knew him. It is a tragedy that such a promising young life was taken away in such disturbing circumstances and that those who knew him will not have the opportunity to see him grow up to become a young man."
Yaseen's mother Sara,33, collapsed as the sentence was delivered at Cardiff Crown Court. She had been praised as a "brilliant mother" to seven-year-old Yaseen but was convicted of his murder by a jury.
The court heard she treated Yaseen like a "dog" and repeatedly beat him with a stick for failing to memorise religious texts quickly enough. Yaseen had suffered multiple injuries to his body and died from internal injuries caused by three months of punishing beatings.
Ege set fire to the family house to hide her actions and played the part of a parent mourning the tragic death of her son.
The judge ordered her to serve a minimum of 17 years behind bars and said: "The violence that you perpetrated on your son was not confined to one day. "I am satisfied that, over three months, you beat him on a number of occasions, often with a wooden pestle. "His injuries must have caused him a good deal of pain. In my judgment Yaseen was subjected to prolonged cruelty." The judge accepted the defence's argument that India-born Ege was "a devoted and loving mother" who suffered from depression and domestic violence.
Ege accused her husband Yousef Ege, 38, who stood trial with his wife, of being a violent bully who beat her and was their son's real killer, but he was cleared of causing or allowing his son's death at home in Pontcanna, Cardiff, South Wales, by failing to act to prevent it. Sara Ege was found guilty both of murder and of a charge of obstructing justice.
Following Ege's conviction, a representative of the South Wales Police said: "Throughout this investigation we have heard many tributes to Yaseen. "Quiet, hard-working, bright, well-behaved, obedient, respectful, polite, smiley - are just some of the words used to describe Yaseen by those who knew him. It is a tragedy that such a promising young life was taken away in such disturbing circumstances and that those who knew him will not have the opportunity to see him grow up to become a young man."
