SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED IN RIYADH

A Saudi national convicted of torturing his wife before strangling her to death was executed in Riyadh.
Majed Abdulrahman Saleh Obeid was found guilty of strangling his Saudi wife Noorah Muhammad Saad Al-Qabili after repeatedly torturing her.
The Interior Ministry said Obeid kicked his wife, beat her with a cane and a wrench, and banged her head on the floor before killing her.
The Saudi Gazette reports he also burned her with cigarettes and a hot iron in the horrific assault.
Obeid attempted to cover up his crime but confessed to imprisoning and torturing his wife when confronted with evidence by police.
He admitted taking her to a remote location in the desert to beat her with a cane and to burn her on different parts of her body with cigarette butts.
The General Court heard that none of the incidents of torture were accidental.
When sentencing him to death, a judge said: 'The man had no consideration for his wife as a human being and he did not care for her life. All his actions were intentional and premeditated. This proved that he was an evil doer and a threat to society.'
The verdict was ratified by the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. A royal order was issued to carry out the sentence.