Court Sentenced A Citizen To One Year In Prison For Helping A Suspected Thief

The Court of Appeals, presided over by Judge Nasser Salem Al-Heid, overturned the verdict of a lower court which sentenced a citizen to one year in prison for helping a suspected thief escape but it upheld the decision to impose five-year imprisonment with hard labor on the thief. This led to the acquittal of the citizen. Case files indicate that the Public Prosecution charged the suspect with stealing money from an Asian while the citizen was accused of having knowledge of the theft and assisting the suspect to escape. The Criminal Court sentenced the thief to five years in jail and the citizen to one year in jail with hard labor. However, the citizen’s lawyer, Attorney Hashim Al-Rifai, appealed the verdict calling for invalidation of arrest and inspection procedures, citing lack of incriminating evidence against his client. The higher court then ruled that the charges against the citizen had no legal merit.

SOURCE : ARABTIMES

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