Life sentence for participants in prison escape attempt

TDT | Manama                                                      

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The Court of Cassation approved a final life sentence for two defendants who participated in an attempt to smuggle inmates from the Bahrain Centre for Correction and Rehabilitation.

Security services foiled their plan, and 10 defendants were arrested, of whom the first court penalised three with life imprisonment.

The remaining seven were penalised with seven years’ imprisonment each. The court ordered the confiscation of a weapon intended to be used in the crime.  

The incident began when security services received a tip that several terrorists had concocted a plan targeting the Bahrain Correction and Rehabilitation Centre with firearms to smuggle several life convicts. Secret sources were employed that confirmed the first defendant’s plans.

The defendant developed his plan by communicating with the inmates and providing the means of transportation to smuggle them, as well as the firearm to be used. It was agreed that the inmates’ role in the escape plan would be to cause riots and vandalism.

The first defendant parked his car at the Centre’s parking lot on the day of the incident, according to plan. Aware of the scheme, security services had the suspect’s car searched, where a Kalashnikov assault rifle containing ammunition was found placed inside a laundry basket.