Bahrain expat sentenced to life for murder

Manama : An exptriate has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his sponsor’s brother in Aali last year.

The First Higher Criminal Court issued its verdict on Thursday and ordered to deport the accused after his sentence is completed (25 years).

The 38-year-old Bangladeshi national, who worked as a carpenter at a local decor shop in Aali, stabbed his sponsor’s brother Ali Al Samaheeji in front of the shop using a sharp carpentry tool last November.

The incident happened less than one month after the carpenter reached Bahrain. He was apparently refusing to work and demanded he to be allowed to travel back to Bangladesh.

The “depressed” man attacked the sponsor and his brother, leaving the latter in a puddle of blood. The victim was stabbed in different parts of his body, including the back and abdomen, and was announced dead on the spot by paramedics.

The carpenter was immediately arrested by the police and the case was referred to the Public Prosecution, which initiated its investigations into the details of the incident.

Northern Governorate Prosecution Head Mohammed Salah confirmed in a statement issued here on Thursday that “the prosecution accused the man of premeditated murder and attempted murder after examining the body and hearing witnesses’ testimonies”.