Court jails Gulf woman for 10 years over maid’s death
Court of Appeal reduces 15-year sentence after changing charge from premeditated murder to manslaughter
The Court of Appeal has sentenced a Gulf woman to 10 years in prison for the death of her domestic worker in the Sabah Al-Nasser area, after changing the charge from premeditated murder to manslaughter and overturning the earlier 15-year prison sentence.
The Public Prosecution had accused the woman of deliberately planning and carrying out the killing by assaulting the maid with a stick and pouring a burning chemical substance, identified as chlorine, over her body.
According to the case details, the victim was allegedly left for three days without medical assistance, despite suffering injuries that ultimately led to her death, as documented in the autopsy report.
The prosecution maintained that the accused had intended to take the victim’s life, with the details of the incident established through investigations.
