The Court of Appeal acquitted a citizen of the charge of money laundering and usury (exorbitant interest rates).
The defendant's legal defense was handled by Abdulhamid Al-Sarraf and Ahmed Al-Shammari Law Firm, who meticulously refuted the prosecution's evidence and argued the absence of the elements required for the two charges against their client. They thoroughly presented their client's innocence of the accusations.
The Court of First Instance had previously sentenced the defendant in absentia to ten years in prison and fined each defendant KD 12,050in this case. Al-Sarraf's office contested the ruling through an objection, during which they requested the presence of defense witnesses. The court accepted the objection and subsequently reduced the sentence to four years' imprisonment, with bail set at KD 1,000 to suspend the sentence until the judgment became final.
The defendant then appealed the reduced sentence, and Al-Sarraf's office presented a defense supported by evidence that disproved thecharges, demonstrating a lack of conclusive evidence in the case files.
The court ultimately overturned the appealed ruling, acquitted the defendant, and rejected the Public Prosecution’s appeal.
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