Prison and flogging for a lawyer in favor of Shams
Cairo: HelloEgy.
The District Court in Riyadh has sentenced the lawyer of the Arab singer Ahlam to prison and flogging because of the tweets of abuse that he wrote on Twitter as a way to abuse the Kuwaiti singer Shams.
Shams has said that: “it is the first time for the Saudi court to sentence in cases considering the Cyber crimes. I would like to thank the Saudi justice that avenged me after the accused has defamed me, incited to kill me, and accused me with adultery through Social networking sites.
She also affirmed that she will continue suing another three twitters “following Ahlam” through the Saudi justice, who have defamed and abused her. They are from KSA and UAE, she said: “the Saudi justice is very honest and will avenge me as it did at the first time; I’m not going to give up my legal rights”.
Shams has Filed a lawsuit before the criminal court in Riyadh suing a Saudi citizen lives in Riyadh, and he was arrested by the police station of Malaz.
Her lawyer has stated that this person, who claimed to be the lawyer of the queen Ahlam, has misused the social sites of Facebook and Twitter to abuse Shams. He accused her of adultery and mudslinging by fabricating some of her photos to make them porn ones. He also incited one of the tribes to kill her, besides abusing and Defamation. The lawsuit was judged by the judge Dr Nasser bin Saud Al-Salama. The accused has confessed before the court that the abusing tweets were published through his profile. So the court sentenced him to 80 floggings, prison for three months, and pay a fine of 10.000 SAR goes to the state treasury.
Hussein Bn Talal Al-Asfour, Shams’s lawyer, has stated that: “I really respect and appreciate the Saudi court for avenging my client. It is as a Compensation for all the psychological, material damages that hurt her. It will Act as a deterrent for anyone who tries to abuse any one through Twitter, Facebook, or Instgram.
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