Cop attacker loses appeal

TDT | Manama

The First Supreme Criminal Court of Appeal upheld the punishment of a man who assaulted a policeman while resisting arrest. The appellant was earlier sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for injuring the victim’s eye in the parking lots of Muharraq Police Station.

The details of the case showed that the man approached the police station to report his missing wallet. In the reception, and after entering the man’s data in the police system, it was revealed that the man was wanted by Hidd Police Station for his involvement in two criminal cases.

The appellant, who was asked by the police to wait in the men’s waiting area inside the station, felt suspicious and tried to escape. A policeman noticed the man and chased him until he was eventually able to catch him in the parking area. There, the appellant resisted arrest and hit the cop in the eye.

In the interrogations of the Public Prosecution, the victim told investigators that the defendant hit him in the eye with his elbow. The prosecution charged the man on November 11 of last year for assault on an on-duty public servant who was performing his duties, and for causing the injuries mentioned in a medical report.