Saudi woman gets death penalty for killing B’deshi maid

DHAKA: A Saudi woman has been convicted of murdering her Bangladeshi maid by a criminal court in Saudi Arabia, in a ruling rights groups in the South Asian nation said was a rare example of an employer being found guilty of abusing a migrant worker. Ayesha Al Jizani was sentenced on Sunday to death by the court for killing Abiron Begum in March 2019, some two years after Begum went to the Gulf state in search of better paid work. Jizani’s husband was jailed for three years for failing to help Begum access medical treatment and making her work outside the family home illegally.

Jizani’s son was sent to a juvenile facility for seven months.