The Criminal Court, headed by Counselor Ahmed Al-Saddi, recently confronted a 43-year-old man who has been charged with drug abuse. <\/p>\n
The defendant while admitting to consuming drugs pleaded with the court to pardon him, saying: \u201cSince I was 16 years old and I have spent my life behind bars and I confess that I do heroin and I ask God and then you to forgive me,\u201d reports Al-Rai daily.<\/p>\n
When the court said, \u201cYou are accused of using heroin.\u201d The accused replied in the affirmative.<\/p>\n
The court: \u201cYou are accused of using psychotropic substances.\u201d The accused said: \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The court: \u201cYou are accused of stealing a vehicle and you were in an abnormal condition.\u201d
\nThe accused: \u201cYes, the vehicle was stolen but I thought it was my vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n
The court: \u201cYou caused an accident while driving the stolen vehicle at a speed higher than the specified speed.\u201d
\nThe accused: \u201cYes,\u201d and here the accused began to cry hysterically and said: \u201cYour Honor, I confess to everything, and I ask God and then you to pardon me. Since I was 16 years old I have been in prison, my whole life has been in prison, and my first case was a theft for which I was imprisoned when I was 16, and after that I was imprisoned for a second theft case, and after that I started using drugs and I swear to God I repent, but there is no one to hear me.\u201d <\/p>\n
The court: Why did you not try to get treatment?
\nThe accused: \u201cI am the eldest among my siblings and no one helped me and I repent and I ask that you help me, Your Honor.\u201d
\nHe went on to say, \u201cI spent my life in prison since I was 16 and now I am 43, I repent and I want to live the rest of my days with my family.\u201d
\nThe court: \u201cDo you have a lawyer?\u201d The accused: \u201cNo.\u201d
\nThe court then decided to appoint a lawyer for the accused and review the case file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Criminal Court, headed by Counselor Ahmed Al-Saddi, recently confronted a 43-year-old man who has been charged with drug abuse. The defendant while admitting to consuming drugs pleaded with the court to pardon him, saying: \u201cSince I was 16 years old and I have spent my life behind bars and I confess that I do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":144309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local"],"yoast_head":"\n