'Witchcraft deliverance' couple gets life

The 'witchcraft delivering' couple have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Kristy

Kristy, 15, died in a flat in a Newham tower block in east London, on Christmas Day 2010.

He had travelled to London from Paris with his two brothers and two sisters to spend the holiday with Magalie. But during the stay, Magalie and football coach Bikubi became convinced Kristy was a witch and began a four day "deliverance" ceremony.

Kristy was attacked with hammers, metal bars, pliers, ceramic tiles, a chisel and wooden poles in a bid to exorcise evil spirits. His brothers and sisters were made to join in the torture and if they refused Bikubi forced light bulbs in their mouths and threatened them with knives. Kristy Bamu suffered 130 injuries over days of torture before he was finally drowned in a bath.

His sister Magalie, 29, has been given a minimum term of 25 years behind bars and her partner Eric Bikubi, 28, a minimum term of 30 years.

They were sentenced at the Old Bailey in London following their convictions last week for the murder.

Magalie and Bikubi

scene of the 'deliverance'