Jail sentence for man’s attacker upheld

TDT Manama

The High Criminal Appeals Court upheld the jail sentence issued against a man accused of assaulting his sister’s divorcee. The convicted brother had received one year in prison, although the court suspended the punishment for three years given that this was the first complaint recorded against him.

The victim reported to police officers that he was assaulted by the defendant as he was visiting his children at his ex-wife’s family’s house. He told the officers that he rang the bell, but nobody opened the door for him. Suddenly, the brother attacked him from behind and pulled on his clothes. “I tried to defend myself but I fell down to the ground on my head,” the victim told prosecutors.

“Others attempted to intervene and turned the assailant away. I was later taken to the hospital and I received treatment.” The fight caused permanent disability to the victim’s right foot, the medical report attac