KUWAIT CITY, Oct 26:  The Bahraini Court of Appeals set Dec 12, 2011 for the hearing of a case filed by a female Kuwaiti student against a Pakistani hotel employee in Manama for allegedly molesting her.
The Bahraini Court of First Instance had previously sentenced the accused to 10 years imprisonment and ordered referral of the civil lawsuit to the concerned court.
Meanwhile, Attorney Abdulmohsen Al-Qattan, lawyer for the plaintiff, demanded compensation of KD 5,001 from the hotel administration for purportedly concealing evidence.
The Bahraini Criminal Court also ruled on the involvement of the hotel administration as a party to the case due to the Ministry of Interior’s report that the defendant hid evidence as the supposed crime scene was cleaned prior to the arrival of investigators. 
Moreover, the hotel administration has also forced the plaintiff to retract her statements in English and deceived her by instructing a hotel employee to impersonate an investigator from the Ministry of Interior, in addition to helping the accused get out of the country.

Doctor acquitted: A physician working at a government hospital was acquitted of accepting bribe from a female patient by Appeals Court Judge Ibrahim Al-Obaid. Also, the court canceled a previous five years imprisonment term, deportation, a KD 180 fine, and additional KD 300 slapped on him by a lower court.
Attorney Abdullah Al-Alanda argued the action of Public Prosecution was illegitimate by all standards, with unfounded facts presented against his client, indicating the investigating officer had presented conflicting accounts in court and in front of the Public Prosecution.
He maintained his client had not received any bribe from the woman for injection, and honest physicians always prescribe the best medicines for patients, even if they are unavailable in the government hospitals.