Asian gang beats up Syrian brothers; wife assaulted, admitted in hospital

Court finds citizen guilty of expropriating money

By Meshal Al-Sanousi

Al-Seyassah Staff and

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 26: A Kuwaiti woman sustained severe injuries and fractures including a nose fracture when she was attacked by her husband during a quarrel between them in Fahaheel area.

According to security sources, when the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior received information from Adan Hospital about admitting a battered Kuwaiti woman in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, securitymen rushed to the location.

They managed to speak with the victim, who revealed that she was beaten by her husband. After obtaining details of the victim’s husband, securitymen managed to find and arrest him. He confessed to hitting his wife hard. A case was registered and necessary legal action was taken.

Meanwhile, a Syrian expatriate and his brother went to Abdullah Al-Mubarak Police Station and lodged a complaint against five Asian expatriates, accusing them of attacking him and his brother and then running away. They presented medical reports to prove the injuries they sustained in the attack.

Securitymen were provided with the descriptions of the suspects, and investigations were launched to find and arrest them.

In addition, a Kuwaiti resident of Sabahiya area filed a case against an unknown man who called him on his mobile phone, threatened him and used offensive words. Securitymen launched investigations to find and arrest the caller.

‘Pay citizen comp’:

The Civil Circuit of the Court of Appeals ordered a Kuwaiti citizen to pay his compatriot compensation worth KD 12,000 after he was convicted by the Criminal Court for expropriation of others’ money unjustly.

According to a lawsuit filed by Lawyer Khawla Mubarak AlHassawi, the defendant expropriated some money from client, who had given the money on the basis of trust. However, the defendant kept the funds for his personal use.

The defendant had been sentenced in absentia to imprisonment, and when he appealed the sentence, the appellate court refrained from issuing punishment but ordered him to pay compensation to the plaintiff for the moral and material damages incurred by the latter.

Delivery boy hit:

Three individuals hit an Asian delivery boy because there were no pickles in the food they ordered.

The victim went to the police station of the area and explained to securitymen that one of the men had placed an order at a restaurant in Salmiya area. When he went to the location in Hateen area with the ordered food, the man requested him to wait for him to bring the payment. After he waited for 30 minutes for the money, the suspect and two others came to him, insulted him by claiming there were no pickles in their food order, and then hit him.

He presented a medical report to prove the injury he sustained in the attack. A case was registered and investigations have been launched to arrest the suspects.

Grocery robbed:

An unidentified person stole KD 200, cash recharge cards worth KD 300 and cigarettes worth KD 250 from a grocery in Farwaniya.

Securitymen rushed to the location after the Operations Unit in the Ministry of Interior received a call from the owner of the grocery.

Initial investigations revealed the culprit broke the door of the grocery and carted away the abovementioned items. Officers from the Criminal Evidence Department lifted fingerprints to identify the thief.