Manama: A court in Eastern Saudi Arabia has sentenced a Saudi husband to one week in jail and to 30 lashes for slapping his wife and spitting on her.
The case was taken to the public prosecution by wife’s brother who reported that her husband had an argument with her and slapped her twice and spat on her.
Summoned by the police, the husband admitted he had abused his wife, arguing that he was angry with her for leaving the house several times, Saudi news site Al Marsad reported.
The case was referred to the court and the judge ruled that the husband had violated the Islamic principle of respecting people and not hitting them.
In his verdict, the judge asked the husband to give a pledge not to slap or spit on his wife again.
The judge also told the wife that she should not leave the house without informing her husband.
