Jail terms of two robbers commuted

Manama

Two persons convicted of three robberies each had their jail terms commuted to nine years on appeal.

The accused were earlier gives 21 years imprisonment each by the High Criminal Court. 

The duo reportedly pretended as policemen while carrying out robberies at three local hotels, court files revealed.

According to victims' statements, they were holding wireless telecommunication devices, and impersonated policemen when they stole money from the properties.

All the robberies were committed on April 4 last year.

"They approached me and inquired if we were housing prostitutes in the hotel. I shook my head, and then one of them presented a police ID," the receptionist of the first hotel said in his statement.

"He ordered to see my ID card, and when I handed it to him his accomplice took out a knife and threatened me. They then took all the cash in the register and fled the scene," he added.

The convicts followed the same practice with the other two hotels, and prosecutors said a total of about BD3790 were stolen from all the robberies.

They were arrested a few hours after the robbery at the third hotel.

Judges at the High Criminal Court sentenced them to seven year each in prison for each robbery, tallying their total jail term to 21 years each.