Court upholds BD50 fine in Mercedes rental non-payment case
TDT | Manama
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A woman has lost her last bid to overturn a conviction after the Court of Cassation upheld a BD50 fine over a Mercedes-Benz rental left unpaid, with dues put at BD1,210.
Prosecutors said she hired the car from a rental office for 24 days, from 6 to 29 January 2024, then did not pay what was owed.
The Lower Criminal Court first jailed her for one month, while setting bail at BD100 to suspend the sentence.
She appealed, and the High Criminal Court of Appeal changed the ruling, dropping the jail term and keeping only a BD50 fine.
Her lawyer then took the case to the Court of Cassation, arguing she had nothing to do with the rental and denying the charge.
The defence claimed her sister rented the vehicle using her identity card number, and asked the court to order a review of the company’s CCTV to show who collected the car. It also sought checks with Immigration and Passports to confirm if the sister entered Bahrain on the day in question.
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