Court of Appeal Sentences Gulf National Woman to 10 Years in Prison for Murdering Her Maid

The Court of Appeal sentenced Khalijya to 10 years in prison for killing her maid in the Sabah Al-Nasir area, after reclassifying the charge from premeditated murder with premeditation and stalking to beating resulting in death, and reducing the sentence from 15 years.

The Public Prosecution had originally accused the defendant of premeditated murder, alleging that she resolved and intended to kill the victim by assaulting her with a stick, pouring a corrosive chemical substance (chlorine) on her body, and leaving her without medical assistance for three days with the intent to take her life, thereby inflicting the injuries described in the forensic pathology report that led to her death, as detailed in the investigations.