King approves three executions
By SARA SAMI
Published: 23rd November 2006
MANAMA: Death sentences against three people convicted separately of two savage murders have been approved by His Majesty King Hamad, it was announced last night. A maid and her accomplice, both Bangladeshi, will die for the murder of a Bahraini mother-of-two, Latifa Abdulla Abdulaziz, in November 2004.
A Pakistani man will be executed for the murder of his Bahraini lover’s 72-year-old husband, in August 2003.
Public Prosecutor Ali bin Fadel Al Buainain received the King’s written approval last night to carry out the sentences, originally imposed by the High Criminal Court and upheld on appeal by the Court of Cassation.
King approves three executions
By SARA SAMI
Published: 23rd November 2006
MANAMA: Death sentences against three people convicted separately of two savage murders have been approved by His Majesty King Hamad, it was announced last night. A maid and her accomplice, both Bangladeshi, will die for the murder of a Bahraini mother-of-two, Latifa Abdulla Abdulaziz, in November 2004.
A Pakistani man will be executed for the murder of his Bahraini lover’s 72-year-old husband, in August 2003.
Public Prosecutor Ali bin Fadel Al Buainain received the King’s written approval last night to carry out the sentences, originally imposed by the High Criminal Court and upheld on appeal by the Court of Cassation.
Mr Al Buainain said the Public Prosecution had informed the Interior Ministry to carry out the sentences.
Housemaid Jasmine Anwar Hussain, aged 23, and accomplice Mohammed Hilaluddin, 33, smashed Ms Abdulaziz’s skull with a pickaxe at her home in Buhair, East Riffa, in the mistaken belief there was gold in her safe.
Mohammed Haneef Atta, 37 and Suraya Ghulam Hussain, 42, killed her husband Ibrahim Al Asmawi by beating him unconscious, dousing him and his Manama home with fuel and setting it ablaze. Suraya, who had a child by her lover, was jailed for life.
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