KUWAIT CITY, Jan 1: The Criminal Court acquitted a resident accused of sexually assaulting his Sri Lankan housemaid.
The case file indicates the maid was hired from a domestic recruitment agency, and the suspect had gone with his wife to buy clothing and asked the maid to wear them.
The housemaid claimed she refused to put the clothes on, and she went into her room but the man followed her into the room, tore her clothes and raped her. Later, the suspect reportedly sent her back to the recruitment agency to terminate her service.
The maid said she couldn’t report the case to the secretary at the recruitment agency because she was afraid, and she reported it to the Sri Lankan embassy.
Lawyer of the suspect Faisal Al-Otaibi argued there were lots of unsolved puzzles in the maid’s account, which points to the fact that the case was fabricated.
He stressed the suspect’s wife had requested the maid should be sent back to the agency because she couldn’t communicate with her.

Forgers out in appeal: The Appeals Court presided over by Advisor Ali Al-Derai cancelled the verdict of a First Instance Court that had sentenced two suspects charged with forging civil ID to four years imprisonment with hard labor, and acquitted them of the charge.
The case file indicates the Public Prosecution had on June 27, 2006 accused the two suspects of forging their civil ID for illegal activities.
The defendant attorney Mohammad Al-Khuraibat argued the trial and investigation were illegitimate, and elements of the crime were incomplete. He stressed the investigation report and statement of the policeman, and the witnesses account contradicted the event.

Duo absolved: The Appeals Court upheld the ruling of a First Instance Court that acquitted two suspects charged with the possession of morphine and hashish for consumption and trafficking purposes.
Lawyer of the first suspect Mohammad Al-Majdi proved the arrest procedure was illegal, and doubted the testimony of the officer apprehending them.
He argued the first suspect wasn’t present at the crime scene and he had no dealings with the third party who had died of drug overdose.