Kuwaiti suspect acquitted in Sri Lankan maid rape

KUWAIT CITY: The Criminal Court acquitted a resident accused of sexually assaulting his Sri Lankan housemaid.


The case file indicates the maid was hired from a domestic recruitment agency, and the suspect had gone with his wife to buy clothing and asked the maid to wear them.


The housemaid claimed she refused to put the clothes on, and she went into her room but the man followed her into the room, tore her clothes and raped her. Later, the suspect reportedly sent her back to the recruitment agency to terminate her service.


The maid said she couldn’t report the case to the secretary at the recruitment agency because she was afraid, and she reported it to the Sri Lankan embassy.


Lawyer of the suspect Faisal Al-Otaibi argued there were lots of unsolved puzzles in the maid’s account, which points to the fact that the case was fabricated.


He stressed the suspect’s wife had requested the maid should be sent back to the agency because she couldn’t communicate with her. – (Arab Times)