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Maid beaten up then strangled
By NOOR TOORANI
Published: 23rd May 2008
A MAN smashed his housemaid’s head into a metal headboard and then strangled her because she refused to take off her clothes, a court heard. The 21-year-old Bahraini is now on trial for murder after allegedly killing the Ethiopian woman, aged 28, in his bedroom on February 31.
He locked her inside his room while she was cleaning it and asked her to strip, the High Criminal Court heard.
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Maid beaten up then strangled
By NOOR TOORANI
Published: 23rd May 2008
A MAN smashed his housemaid’s head into a metal headboard and then strangled her because she refused to take off her clothes, a court heard. The 21-year-old Bahraini is now on trial for murder after allegedly killing the Ethiopian woman, aged 28, in his bedroom on February 31.
He locked her inside his room while she was cleaning it and asked her to strip, the High Criminal Court heard.
However, he allegedly hit her when she refused and knocked her onto his bed before trying to force off her clothes.
When she put up a fight he strangled her with his bare hands, according to prosecutors.
A witness who appeared in court testified that the defendant, who works as a driver, had called him on the same day to confess to the crime.
“He was shaken up and could hardly speak,” the witness told the court.
“All he did was show me his bruised knuckles and confessed to the crime.”
Meanwhile, a detective from the Criminal Investigation Department told the court that all the evidence pointed to the defendant.
He also said an autopsy report concluded the woman, whose neck was covered with handprints, died from asphyxiation.
However, in papers submitted to the court, the defendant’s lawyer claimed his client was suffering from mental problems.
He asked the court to release him from police custody and have him admitted to the Psychiatric Hospital – saying the prison conditions were making his mental state worse.
The lawyer also asked for his client to be examined by court appointed psychiatrists to evaluate his mental state.
However, the defendant will remain in police custody until the next hearing on June 30.
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