Son Torchers Home

Prosecutors charged the defendant, a man in his forties, with intentionally starting a fire in a residential property and endangering lives and property.

According to investigators, authorities received reports of a house fire on April 9. Civil Defense teams later determined that the blaze in the ground-floor living room had been deliberately set.

The defendant’s 79-year-old mother told prosecutors that her son became angry after she advised him to stay out of trouble and look for work. She said he had previously threatened to burn down the house, prompting her to file a police complaint.

While at the police station, she received news that the house had caught fire. Civil Defense teams later brought the blaze under control.

Officials said the fire caused smoke and burn damage inside the living room, including losses estimated at 500 Bahraini dinars.

The mother also told investigators that the defendant struggled with drug addiction and had shown unstable behaviour in recent years.