Bahraini man who attempted to kill son with chainsaw gets 15 years in jail

TDT | Manama                                                                 

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The High Appeals Court reduced the jail time of a Bahraini man accused of attempting to murder his son with a chainsaw to 15 years in prison instead of a lifetime behind bars.

The defendant was earlier sentenced to life by the High Criminal Court on grounds of premeditated assault. According to court files, the man reportedly tried to kill his son under the pretext that the teenager was on drugs and acting unstable.

The victim’s mother told prosecutors that the two did not see eye to eye. "Before the incident, the school requested that we come because an issue arose involving our son. They told us he was caught smoking e-cigarettes.

I managed to convince them to punish him by suspending him for two days," the mother told prosecutors. "On the day of the crime, I was out in the evening, and my son was asleep. When I returned, I saw that my husband’s clothes were blood-stained. I rushed inside and saw my son fighting for his own life," she added.

The victim is said to have been rushed to the hospital and managed to survive. The father handed himself into the police and confessed to his crime. "He used to insult me regularly, and he has gone out of control," the father pointed out to prosecutors.