Car thief gets 7 years, 2100 lashes

A Saudi court has sentenced a local man for seven years in jail and 2,100 lashes for stealing a car and drunk driving, a local daily reported on Thursday.

The man, in his 40s, snatched the car in the capital Riyadh and was captured a few days later in the southwestern town of Asir, Okaz said.

“The court found that he already had a police record involving 11 previous crimes…it sentenced him to seven years in prison and ordered him lashed 2,100 times with the whip,” the paper said.

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