Daughters ‘given to new mum’
By MOHAMMED ASLAM
Published: 11 April 2007
A BAHRAINI mother who signed her two daughters away to another woman 10 years ago was jailed for six months yesterday.
The High Criminal Court also jailed the 60-year-old Bahraini woman who brought up her children, as well as two witnesses who testified that the children belonged to her, for six months.
They were all convicted of forgery after they were found guilty of lying to a court clerk to obtain birth certificates for the girls.
The four were able to deceive a Civil Court judge and a court clerk into issuing the birth certificates by providing false information.
Daughters ‘given to new mum’
By MOHAMMED ASLAM
Published: 11 April 2007
A BAHRAINI mother who signed her two daughters away to another woman 10 years ago was jailed for six months yesterday.
The High Criminal Court also jailed the 60-year-old Bahraini woman who brought up her children, as well as two witnesses who testified that the children belonged to her, for six months.
They were all convicted of forgery after they were found guilty of lying to a court clerk to obtain birth certificates for the girls.
The four were able to deceive a Civil Court judge and a court clerk into issuing the birth certificates by providing false information.
Birth certificates were issued for the girls in 1997, according to court documents.
However, they do not say why the mother, aged 40, gave up her children to another woman.
Based on the birth certificates the women were able to obtain false passports for the girls from the General Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Residence.
The natural mother and substitute mother were joined in the dock by a 34-year-old male Bahraini and 46-year-old female Bahraini, who both acted as witnesses.
All four were sentenced by Judge Shaikh Mohammed bin Ali Al Khalifa.
© Gulf Daily News
