Hearing in torture death of minor girl on Nov 22

Case of harassment

By Jaber Al-Hmoud

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 4: The Criminal Court has set Nov 22 to look into the case of two Kuwaitis (one of them a woman believed to be the victim’s mother) who are accused of torturing and beating to death a five-year-old girl in Qosour, reports Al-Anba daily.

The Attorney for the plaintiff, Ali Al-Ali, told the daily he has filed for KD 5,001 temporary compensation because of the psychological damage caused to him due to the loss of his only child. He added, the mother and her friend tried to kill her more than once. He added, he has submitted an exhibit in the form of video clip showing the girl being beaten severely.

For her part, the defense lawyer Ibtisam Al-Enezi told the daily she has asked the court a number of times to summon the three witnesses saying their testimony is important for the client.

Lawyer Tahani Sarab who represents the victim’s mother and an alleged accomplice in the case told the daily she has summoned the investigating officer to hear his testimony which will lead to the acquittal of her client.

The incident took place in early August, when the Operations Room of the Interior Ministry received a call from the mother who claimed her child was unconscious as a result of her fall.

However, when the securitymen and the medical emergency team reached the spot they found traces of beatings and torture. During interrogations the mother claimed she was with her boyfriend at the time of the ‘death’.

Harassment case:

Al-Enezi

Lawyer AbdulMohsin Al-Qattan has submitted a petition to the Prosecutor General Consultant Dherar Al-Asousi against a local bank manager and an employee of the Ministry of Interior saying the latter violated his prerogatives by informing the manager about the exit and entry of his female client who is a staff of the bank, based on his relationship with the manager.

Lawyer Al-Qattan accused the ministry staff of violating electronic transactions Law No. 20/2014, and explained that his client works under the manager at the headquarters of the bank. He said his client took sick leave, and when she resumed work, the first defendant kept harassing her. The defendant claimed she had details of his client’s movement and that she was not sick, because she went out of the country.

The lawyer said his client later discovered the first defendant monitored her movement illegitimately through the second defendant. She already filed a complaint with the Monitoring and Inspection Unit in the Ministry of Interior, which registered and investigated the case to determine the person behind the incident.

Duo acquitted:

The Misdemeanor Court (Cassation Circuit) dismissed the petition against a decision to impose fine of KD 75 on two citizens and acquitted them of insulting a well-known figure on Twitter.

The defendant complained to the Investigation Department that the two citizens insulted him in public through their posts on their social media accounts.

The two citizens denied the accusations, affirming the social media accounts belong to them but they had no idea how the offensive phrases were posted on their accounts. They added that the accounts were hacked more than once but they did not report it and they do not remember the exact date the hacking occurred.

Attorney Faisal Al-Utaibi represented the defendants in court, where he pointed out the lack of evidence. He argued the incident is shrouded in doubt, asserting that court decisions are supposed to be based on facts, not unfounded information.

‘Royal’ sues partner:

The Criminal Court, chaired by Judge Abdullah AlOthman, sentenced Syrian businessman Bashar Kiwan and an unidentified person to five years in jail with hard labor in a case filed by Sheikh Sabah Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, reports Al-Qabas daily.