Family driver rapes handicapped boy

A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced a family driver to two years in prison and ordered him lashed 200 times after he was convicted of raping his employer’s handicapped boy.

Police in the Western Red Sea port of Jeddah arrested the driver after the boy’s mother took him to hospital, where doctors found he was suffering from severe genital pains.

Sada newspaper said tests showed that the boy, who is suffering from Down syndrome, had been raped. Police arrested the driver after the boy mentioned his name many times when he was asked by his mother.

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