Ex-US soldier guilty of raping and killing Iraqi girl
Ex-US soldier guilty of raping and killing Iraqi girl
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Friday, 08, May 2009 08:56
A former US soldier has been found guilty of raping and killing an Iraqi girl and her family.
Steven Green, 24, now faces the death penalty following his conviction on Thursday.
He had tried in a federal court as a civilian charged with murder, rape and obstruction of justice after being discharged from the US army in 2006 due to a "personality disorder".
During his trial the court heard how Green, 19 at the time, raped Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi, 14, and then shot and killed her, her father, mother and six-year-old sister.
The incident occurred in Mahmudiya, 20 miles south of Baghdad, in 2006.
Four other soldiers are currently serving sentences ranging between five and 110 years for their roles in the attacks.
Three of the men admitted holding down the 14-year-old girl and raping her before killing her and her family.
Green's sentencing hearing is set to begin on Monday.