Man jailed, to be lashed for abusing kids

A Saudi court sentenced a local man to three years in prison and ordered him lashed 300 times in batches after he was convicted of sexually abusing his little daughters.

The man, in his 40s, was also sentenced to an additional two-year imprisonment and ordered lashed 200 times after he was found guilty of having an affair with a woman.

‘Sada’ newspaper said the court in the Central Qateef province also convicted him of threatening his daughters with a knife so they will not report him to the police.