tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post5944777924112610560..comments2024-03-23T00:46:27.084+02:00Comments on Egyptian Chronicles: It seems that the youngest mother in Egypt is not the youngest after !!Zeinobiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-76488629405379076152007-07-26T15:09:00.000+03:002007-07-26T15:09:00.000+03:00well Doc guess what it turned our maid did similia...well Doc guess what it turned our maid did similiar thing regarding her daughter ,she issued for her a birth certificate after 3 years of her orignial birth and according to her this was so easy and for the same reason you mentioned , she afraid she would die !!<BR/><BR/>about the court firt ,well I don't think they are going to release him this session may be the next , especially with the denial witnesses who turned to be the neighbours of Hend ,who said that her mother told them the girl was raped by four !!Zeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-72202649542179829502007-07-26T05:42:00.000+03:002007-07-26T05:42:00.000+03:00Zeinobia, as far as I know a trial can never start...Zeinobia, as far as I know a trial can never starts and ends in one day. There are preparatory sessions average 5-20 spaced by a month or more. All depend on the readiness of the DA, the lawyers and the case load in this court. So, the case might extend from 5 months to years. In those sessions the victim need not attend at all. The victim will be notified by court what day she must attend to witness ( and leave). On the contrary the defendant must attend every session. If he was released on a bail he would come with his lawyer if he is in jail he will be brought by the authority. Once more, the lawyer does not need to stay all the session once his case is discussed. However the lawyer can NEVER be allowed to leave the court before his case. If he did the court immediately assign another lawyer for the defendant. A defendant is not allowed to be without a lawyer at any moment unless he signed a form that he will defend himself. That is generally speaking.<BR/>The top surprise you brought us today is the descripancy in the Hend’s age. Forensic medicine like any medicine is an objective science. Remember in a previous comment when I told you the birth certificate legally overrides the medical exam? In the same way an objective medical evidence overrides the birth certificate. Here we talk about ossification centers that appear on X ray of the bony skeleton and tooth development that appear at a specific age. Being a former Physician in Egypt let me tell you how it works in regard to the issuing of a birth certificate. There is an administrative officer ( kateb) in any health office ( maktab se77a) in the cities or in the rural health unit who receive verbal report from a first degree relative ( father, mother, adult sibling, identified by his ID) who also name the infant. Based on that verbal information the official certificate is issued regardless of the place of delivery in a hospital or in house. The process does not involve the Physician except at the final signature which basically COUNTERSIGNS the officer signature not verifies the incident. It is very possible in our primitive administrative system that a parent comes after the child is 3 or 4 years to certify the child. I once have the chance to know that and when I asked why they do that the answer came “ They want to make sure that the child will live! since most children die at that age period) If this is the scenario in Hend case then the case got really contaminated with counter evidences.<BR/><BR/>The only thing missing thing in your report is whether the defendant was released after those new proofs or still in jail.<BR/>Good work ZeinobiaHe and Shehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00335451599132498300noreply@blogger.com