60-day jail sentence for father who killed daughter with slap

Moussa Sidime was not satisfied with how 13-year-old was doing her chores

 

 

Moussa Sidime, third from right, returns to the Longueuil court room with family and friends after a break, Sidime plead guilty to killing his daughter by slapping her, The judge sentenced him to 30 day in jail and two years probation in Longueuil, Wednesday, May 21, 2014.

MONTREAL – A father who killed his daughter by slapping her when he wasn’t satisfied with how she was doing her chores has been sentenced to a sixty-day prison term.
Moussa Sidime, 73, was emotional before the sentence was read out by a judge at the Longueuil courthouse on Wednesday morning.
The judge who heard sentencing arguments earlier this year agreed with the prosecution that a prison term would be appropriate to denounce and dissuade the way Sidime treated his 13-year-old daughter Noutene when he slapped her.
Quebec Court Judge Richard Marleau sentenced Sidime to a prison term he was likely to be able to serve on weekends. This will be followed by two years of probation.
Marleau said he allowed the 60-day sentence to be served in a discontinuous fashion because of Sidime’s age and his good reputation in his community.
Sidime already served 19 days while he was detained following his arrest in 2010.
The defence had requested a suspended sentence.