KUWAIT CITY, Jan 10: The Criminal Court, presided over by Judge Dr. Khaled Al-Omeira, sentenced a Kuwaiti man to death by hanging after he was convicted of killing his wife, dismembering her body into several small parts because she told him that she was pregnant with his child, and throwing her body parts in different areas of all the governorates of Kuwait.

The legal team representing the victim’s family demanded the maximum penalty, which is death, against the defendant. The team affirmed that the accused committed this crime, and demanded, adding the charge of possession of a cold weapon, which was a cleaver and a knife, that the accused had purchased to commit his crime. In this regard, the defendant’s lawyer denied that his client committed the crime, saying, “My client is not the killer, and the murdered person was not his wife. She was his ex-wife, and she was not missing.”

By Jaber Al-Hamoud/ Munaif Naif
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff