SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
December 19, 2016: Saudi national Majid bin Abdulla bin Humood Al-Otaibi was executed in Riyadh for murdering a compatriot after a heated argument.Â
The Penal Court found Majid guilty of stabbing to death Badr bin Humood bin Nuwaishi Al-Otaibi and sentenced him to capital punishment.Â
The Saudi Court of Appeals and the High Court upheld the death sentence and a plea for royal mercy was turned down. (Sources: GDN Online Desk, 19/12/2016)
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