KUWAIT CITY, Feb 5: The Criminal Court sentenced a maid and a driver to two years imprisonment followed by deportation for running a makeshift liquor factory inside her bathroom at the employer’s home. The driver is said to have participated in the crime by selling the product.
The crime was discovered after the employer smelt bad odor coming from the maid’s bathroom and informed police in that concern. The two suspects were arrested after securitymen raided the place and discovered the factory. The maid confessed to brewing liquor due to financial difficulty.


Woman acquitted: A Criminal Court acquitted a Kuwaiti woman of keeping her deceased husband’s debt in secret and selling the real estate set as collateral to the debt in Nuzha, without informing the bank or paying the debt.
The defense attorney Abdullah Al-Alanda argued his client is not guilty of the allegation, in view of the fact that she wasn’t aware of her husband’s debt obligation to the state, thus she had no criminal intentions in that regard.
He stressed the defendant wasn’t aware the real estate was used as collateral for the late husband’s company. Moreover, no document bore the defendant’s signature during the late husband’s transaction with the bank.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Court acquitted a Kuwaiti woman of forging bank documents. The woman was accused of using a lost Civil ID to open a bank account. The defense lawyer said the case did not include any substantial evidence that confirmed the accusation.