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Shock as remains of 6-year-old girl found in water tank 24 hours after gone missing Wife threatened:

Woman ‘born in Kuwait’ sentenced for theft in UK

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KUWAIT CITY, Sept 13: A British court has sentenced a woman ‘born in Kuwait’ to 8 months suspended prison sentence, after finding her guilty of stealing a Kuwaiti tourist’s bag that contained luxury personal belongings worth £76,000 pounds (about $100 thousand), in an incident that occurred about two years ago, reports Al-Rai daily.

According to what was published by the British media, including the ‘The Sun’ and ‘Daily Mail’ newspapers, the details of the incident date back to September 2018, a Kuwaiti while travelling by train from London Paddington station to Cardiff Central station was robbed and the suspect, born in Kuwait and mother of two children and a resident of Britain since she was six years old was accused of the theft.

According to the case documents, the convict identified only as (H.F.) approached the Kuwaiti tourist during the trip and feigned a friendly chat with her after she told her that she was born in Kuwait, but her real target was centered on the shelf overhead belonging to the wealthy Kuwaiti tourist, which was her bag which was clearly very up-to-date and contained expensive personal belongings including precious watches, jewelry, earrings and gold necklaces.

And through that malicious chatting, (H.F.) succeeded in distractin­g the victim and when the train arrived at the Cardiff Central station the victim realized her bag was missing. H.F. had allegedly left with the bag when she got off the train at her destinatio­n in Swansea County.

At that time, Kuwaiti woman had filed a complaint with the police, who began their investigat­ions until they succeeded in identifyin­g the fraudster, arrested her, and referred her to trial.

After months of interrogat­ions and hearings, the suspect finally confessed to stealing the bag, and in light of the evidence against her, the court decided to punish her with an 8-month imprisonme­nt with a sus

pended sentence to protect the interest and future of her two children, and obliged her to undergo psychologi­cal rehabilita­tion program.

Remains in water tank:

Twentyfour hours after the disappeara­nce of 6-year-old Marwa Dhaher Al-Shimmari, her remains were found inside the water tank of her home in a suburb of Al-Waha, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

While the security authoritie­s have begun investigat­ing the circumstan­ces of her death, a criminal case has been recorded at the area police station.

The daily added, the corpse of the victim has been referred to Forensics for an autopsy. In the meantime the security authoritie­s are cross-questionin­g the family members on the disappeara­nce and subsequent death of the little girl especially since the tank was closed.

A security source told the daily the family of the 6-year-old girl managed to find her body in the tank and

informed the security authoritie­s.

Personnel from the Forensics Department have lifted fingerprin­ts from the area to help them in their investigat­ion.

Following the disappeara­nce of the girl the day before yesterday, Minister of Interior Anas Al-Saleh had ordered a country-wide search for the missing girl.

❑ The Jaber Al Ahmed police have arrested two Kuwaitis for stealing vehicles, dismantlin­g parts and setting fire to the cars to prevent police from lifting their fingerprin­ts, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

According to a security source, the arrest came after police received informatio­n about the activity of the two suspects following which police set a trap and caught them in the act.

During interrogat­ion they admitted to committing several thefts.

They have been referred to the Public Prosecutio­n.

2 car thieves held:

Skull broken in fight:

An unidentifi­ed Asian who was struck on the head by his co-worker on a farm in Wafra has been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Adan Hospital with fracture to the skull, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

The daily quoting security sources said this happened when the men were fighting with each other over a financial dispute.

A case has been registered with the area police station. The other man has been detained for interrogat­ion.

When the wife of a Kuwaiti, a citizen of an unidentifi­ed Gulf state, informed the Operations Room of the Ministry of Interior that her husband is threatenin­g to kill her, the Interior Ministry alerted the security agencies, reports Al-Anba daily.

When police rushed to the house of the victim, the wife answered the bell and they discovered the husband had severely beaten his wife and broken her finger following a fight between them.

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