Man gets 5-years
The Criminal Court sentenced a man to five-year imprisonment with hard labor for setting fire to the vehicle of a Kuwaiti citizen who had refused to return the deposit money agreed between them to buy the car. The court referred the case to a concerned civil court.
In a lawsuit brought by Lawyer Abdulwahab bin Salama, he said his client saw the suspect and another person pour inflammable substances on the car and setting it ablaze before running from the scene.
He stressed that his client suffered material damages as a result of the arson attack, adding that the suspect had paid KD 100 deposit to buy the car before backtracking and asking for the money back but his client refused which resulted in a heated argument between them.
The court confirmed that the statement of the victim coincided with the report of the criminal investigations.
Source: Arabtimes
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