Mosque pickpockets lose appeals
TDT | Manama
A four-member gang that specialises in pickpocketing worshippers at several mosques in the capital had their five-year prison sentence upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeal. The Arab nationals were previously convicted for stealing from worshippers in mosques in Um Al Hassam, Central Manama, and Salmaniya in recent years.
They were caught in Oman for similar charges and then handed over to Bahraini authorities, which had issued an international arrest warrant against them. According to court files, they stole more than BD1,200 in cash from worshippers and larger amounts they managed to withdraw through stolen bank cards.
The quartet followed a similar method in all of their operations, as they would stage a scene, with one of them pretending to collapse and lose consciousness, while the rest would take advantage of the distracted victims and steal their wallets.
They were all identified after reviewing footage captured by surveillance cameras installed at ATMs, where they had used the stolen cards, clearly showing their faces, while three of their victims also identified them
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