Citizen wins KD 650 comp for delay in flight
Appeal acquits man in drugs case
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 16: Commercial circuit at the Court of First Instance obliged an airline company to pay KD 650 to a citizen in compensation for damage caused by delay of his flight, which was scheduled to depart to Cairo, Egypt.
Representing the citizen, Attorney Abdul-Mohsin Al-Qattan argued that his client had booked an afternoon flight (1:40 pm) which ended up departing at 8 pm without the carrier taking any necessary measure toward its passengers, an act that disrupted his client’s plans and caused him emotional damage.
He added that his client had to wait for more than six hours without knowing the departure schedule to his destination, while personnel of the carrier failed to provide information or even appease the passengers during the period
Man acquitted: The Court of Appeals acquitted a citizen and overturned the five years jail term with hard labor imposed on him for possessing hashish and morphine with the intention to consume without prescription, in
addition to driving under the influence of illegal brain stimulants (Amphetamine and Benzodiazepine).
Lawyer for the citizen, Attorney Dalaal Al-Mutairi, argued in court that the arresting officer did not follow proper arrest procedures stipulated in related laws. He pointed out the officer did not have a warrant to search, arrest and tak urine samples from her client.
She added her client also denied all the charges from the start of the investigation and the prosecution did not present any incriminating evidence.
Money laundering: The
Criminal Court presided over by Justice Naif Raja’an Al-Dahoum acquitted an expat of the accusation of stealing and laundering money.
Earlier, the Public Prosecution charged the expat together with other defendants of laundering KD15,750, which they obtained by stealing from the plaintiff’s car seat, while he was shopping for some items.
Representing the expat, Attorney Talal Sabir Al-Enezi argued that the investigation conducted in relation to the allegation was flawed and lack substantive evidence to prove that the expat laundered money, which he alleged obtained through theft.