The Second Circuit of the Court docket of Attraction, presided over by Counselor Nasr Salem Al-Haid has upheld a five-year jail sentence with arduous labor towards a Kuwaiti citizen discovered responsible of repeatedly harassing and molesting feminine highschool college students.
The Public Prosecution charged the defendant with indecent assault, together with touching components of a feminine sufferer’s physique, making inappropriate bodily contact, and inciting her to interact in immoral conduct.
The case got here to mild after the suspect harassed a pupil shortly after she left her college and entered a cooperative society department.
Initially, the sufferer believed the contact was unintended, however the accused later returned and repeated the act, escalating to flirtatious and suggestive conduct, even coaxed her so as to add him on Snapchat.
Disturbed by the incident, the sufferer knowledgeable her father, who instantly filed a police report. Surveillance footage from the cooperative society department confirmed the accused loitering outdoors the premises, ready particularly for feminine college students in class uniforms to observe them inside and perform related acts.
The authorities arrange an ambush, ensuing within the arrest of the suspect. Throughout interrogation and when confronted with the surveillance footage, the defendant confessed to his crimes, saying he took pleasure in harassing highschool women in class uniforms.
The Legal Court docket had earlier sentenced the defendant to 5 years in jail with arduous labor, rejecting motions for a keep of execution. The Court docket of Attraction later upheld the decision, discovering that the preliminary ruling was legally sound and that the protection arguments lacked advantage.