UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: CONVICT ON DEATH ROW OVER TWIN MURDER WITH CRICKET BAT
June 30, 2010: in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Appeals Court upheld the death sentence of Pakistani national A.H. for battering compatriots A.Kh and S.H, to death with a cricket bat after they threatened to circulate the pictures of his private parts.
According to court papers, the convict told police he [the convict] used to have sex with different men, including his victims.
The lawyer who represented the killer asked the court to recharge him with beating his victims to death.
Police said A.H committed his crime in Sharjah Industrial Area number 6.
A.H. is now in Sharjah Central Jail awaiting his execution. (Sources: Gulf News, 30/06/2010)
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