QATAR. MEN CONVICTED OF RAPE ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY
three Qataris and an Egyptian escaped a death sentence for raping a Qatari woman and were instead jailed for life. A Qatari criminal court found the four guilty of abducting and raping a 22-year-old woman and abusing another man in November 2005.
three Qataris and an Egyptian escaped a death sentence for raping a Qatari woman and were instead jailed for life. A Qatari criminal court found the four guilty of abducting and raping a 22-year-old woman and abusing another man in November 2005.
"You have got away with a lighter punishment for such a heinous crime. The sentence in such cases is normally death," the head of the three-member panel of judges at the Upper Criminal Court, Abdul Atti Assad, reportedly told the accused after reading out the verdict.
"You have got away with a lighter punishment for such a heinous crime. The sentence in such cases is normally death," the head of the three-member panel of judges at the Upper Criminal Court, Abdul Atti Assad, reportedly told the accused after reading out the verdict.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: www.gulfnews.com, 06/08/2006)