Bahrain court orders wife to grant entry to husband locks out of flat

TDT | Manama                                        

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com   

The Lower Criminal Court ordered a wife who locked her husband out of the apartment he owned to allow him admission while the husband's complaint against the wife is being heard.

The husband also accused the wife of changing the locks on the main door, thus preventing him from accessing his property.

According to court documents, the couple, who got married in 1998, had been living together in the flat since then.

“Now I have no access to my own home, where I lived for the past 25 years, as she suddenly changed the door locks for no reason,” the husband told the court.

However, the wife defended her action, claiming that she had changed the locks to evict strangers to whom her husband had leased the property.

She said that she had been living abroad for five years with her family and found this atrocity only upon returning to Bahrain.

“So, I had to evict them and change the door locks, considering our safety.” She also told the court, “I don’t mind if he comes and lives with us.”

The wife also informed the court that she had already handed over the keys to the new lock to her husband.

However, the court ruled in favour of the husband, stating that a property owner has the right to access and use their property without any obstruction.