Watch: 2 Senegal MPs kick pregnant colleague in parliament, jailed for six months | World News

Two Senegal members of parliament had been sentence to 6 months every in jail as each attacked and bodily assaulted a feminine colleague within the nation's parliament as a session was underway final month. In movies extensively shared on social media, opposition lawmakers Mamadou Niang and Massata Samb might be seen slapping and kicking legislator Amy Ndiaye.

Despite the fact that there was video proof current of the assault, the 2 MPs denied the assault as their attorneys argued that they need to be thought-about proof against prosecution owing to them being lawmakers. Nevertheless, this was rejected by the court docket and each had been sentenced to 6 months in jail.

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Amy Ndiaye's attorneys had been in search of a two-year sentence for the 2 lawmakers however they had been solely given six-month sentences. The legislators have additionally been fined 100,000 CFA francs ($160) and have been ordered to collectively pay 5 million francs (roughly $8,100) in damages.

Amy Ndiaye's attorneys stated that his consumer was pregnant on the time of the assault and the 2 lawmakers kicked her stomach after which she fainted and was taken to the hospital for remedy amid fears that she would lose the newborn.

Amy Ndiaye has been discharged from the hospital however “stays in an especially troublesome state of affairs”, the attorneys knowledgeable.