You are here: Home | Directory | Titles | Schoolgirl Killer

Schoolgirl Killer

Type: TV - Single documentary
Released:
Directed by: Charlotte Metcalf

Crew

Production Company True Vision Productions

Full credits (Main credits only)

Themes

Status

  • Available on DVD/VHS
  • Broadcast within UK

Synopsis:

Courtesy of True Vision Courtesy of True Vision
Fourteen year-old Aberash was abducted from her village in Ethiopia's 'Wild South' and raped by a 28 year-old man. This effectively meant that she became that man's wife, in a tradition so old that nobody knows when it began.

Aberash stole a gun from her 'husband' and managed to escape. When he gave chase, he shot and killed him and was arrested for murder. The outcome of her trial would have repurcussions for young girls throughout Ethiopia.


Synopsis:
Fourteen year-old Aberash was abducted from her village in Ethiopia's 'Wild South' and raped by a 28 year-old man. This effectively meant that she became that man's wife, in a tradition so old that nobody knows when it began.

Aberash stole a gun from her 'husband' and managed to escape. When he gave chase, he shot and killed him and was arrested for murder. The outcome of her trial would have repurcussions for young girls throughout Ethiopia.


Back to Directory