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An accountant and university lecturer found guilty of extortion, and then receiving a commuted sentence as part of a royal pardon, has lost his bid to have the verdict overturned so as not to face deportation.
In November last year, the High Criminal Court sentenced the Egyptian man to seven years behind bars, fined him BD10,000 and ruled to deport him after the completion of his sentence.
The man was previously appointed by the High Civil Court in 2017 to help settle a company’s dues and outstanding payments.
He was given supplies and stationery in order for him to fulfil his duties but refused to return them when his association with the company ended.
Prosecutors said that the company filed a complaint to the General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security who launched an investigation.
A warrant was issued by the court to monitor the defendant’s phone calls that proved that he kept the documents in his place of residence, and that he asked for a large sum of money to return them.
He demanded that the former owner of the now-defunct company give him a BD100,000 pay-off and was caught red-handed by police during a recorded sting operation.
The 61-year-old’s lawyers filed a case with the Supreme Criminal Appeals Court but it upheld the guilty verdict and deportation order.
Throughout both hearings, his defence team pleaded for a show of compassion after their client suffered multiple strokes whilst held in Dry Dock Detention Centre and later in Jaw Prison due to advanced heart disease and hypertension.
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