Bahraini sentenced to prison for assaulting man trying to protect family

TDT | Manama

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A man who attacked a fellow Bahraini after he tried to protect his family was sentenced to five years in prison.

The victim reportedly suffered a five per cent disability after he was attacked by the accused at a local park.

According to court files, the victim was with his wife and two children at the local park, and during their stay, one of his kids went to play with a cat.

She was verbally assaulted by the defendant for no reason, prompting her mother to intervene, and she was also verbally attacked.

“When I saw the man swearing at my wife and my child, I intercepted him. I asked him to stop swearing at them and talk to me. However, he punched my face and pushed me to the ground before he got over my body. He started hurling punches to my face,” the victim told prosecutors.

The attack broke the victim’s nose, which was considered a five per cent permanent disability by a medical report, while he also survived several injuries.

Ironically, the defendant told the court that he was the one who was assaulted because he tried to stop the kid from inhumanely treating the cat.