Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Selling Friend's Car for Scrap

TDT | Manama

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A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison by the High Criminal Court in Bahrain for stealing and selling a friend's car. The man, who claimed he was using the car to transport his mother to the hospital due to her cancer, forged the owner's signature on the transfer of ownership documents and sold the vehicle for scrap.

The victim, a 30-year-old woman, had purchased the car in 2013 and later entrusted it to her father for use. In 2020, her father gave the car to his friend, the defendant, to help transport his mother to the hospital. However, the defendant took possession of the car and refused to return it. He then forged the owner's signature on the transfer of ownership documents and sold the car to a scrap yard for 1,100 Bahraini dinars.

The defendant admitted to filling out the owner's details on the transfer of ownership form and signing the transfer section in the victim's name. A forensic expert confirmed that the defendant had forged the signature and the victim had not signed the transfer document.

This is not the first time the defendant has been involved in similar crimes. He has a previous criminal record with convictions for similar offenses.