US jails 2 Egyptians for slavery

SANTA ANA-Two Egyptians, who enslaved a 10-year-old girl as their domestic helper for two years were jailed by a court in California on Monday, said justice officials.

Abdel Nasser Ibrahim, 57, was handed a three-year prison sentence while ex-wife Amal El-Motelib, 43, was sentenced to 22 months by the United States district Judge James Selna. The pair was also ordered to pay just more than $76 000 in unpaid wages to their victim, now 16, who was forced to work as a servant for a family of seven at their home in Orange County, southern California.Ibrahim and Motelib were both detained by the US customs and immigration officials after the case to face hearings on their deportation from America at the completion of their jail terms.Ibrahim and Motelib both pleaded guilty to conspiracy, holding a person in involuntary servitude through force or coercion, obtaining labour through unlawful force and coercion, and harbouring an illegal alien.Nampa-APThe pair was also ordered to pay just more than $76 000 in unpaid wages to their victim, now 16, who was forced to work as a servant for a family of seven at their home in Orange County, southern California.Ibrahim and Motelib were both detained by the US customs and immigration officials after the case to face hearings on their deportation from America at the completion of their jail terms.Ibrahim and Motelib both pleaded guilty to conspiracy, holding a person in involuntary servitude through force or coercion, obtaining labour through unlawful force and coercion, and harbouring an illegal alien.Nampa-AP