KUWAIT CITY, Dec 24: The Court of Cassation overturned the verdict issued by a lower court, which sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen to 15 years in prison. It instead acquitted him of the charges of kidnapping, assaulting, and harming an expatriate. According to the case details, while the victim was standing outside his residence on the day of the incident, the accused stopped his vehicle in front of him and asked him to get in.

When the victim refused, the accused exited the vehicle holding a knife, chased the victim, and eventually forced him into the car. The accused then took the victim to another location against his will and assaulted him with a knife, causing injuries as described in the forensic report.

During the trial, the accused, who was brought from prison and represented by his legal counsel Lawyer Inaam Haidar, denied the charges. Lawyer Haidar argued that the elements of the crime attributed to her client were absent. She submitted a supplementary defense memorandum and requested the acquittal of her client, as well as asked the court, as a precaution, to refrain from pronouncing punishment against him.