KUWAIT CITY, Oct 18: The Deputy Public Prosecutor has instructed forensic experts to collect fingerprints and any other potential evidence left behind by unknown thieves. This directive followed a report filed by a citizen, acting as the legal representative of an oil company, regarding a theft at the company’s site in Bar Al-Rawdatain. According to the report, the stolen items included seven cables, each measuring eight meters in length. The incident has been officially registered as a theft and classified as a felony.

In a separate case, the Deputy Public Prosecutor also ordered forensic teams to be dispatched to the Bar Al-Mutlaa area. This action came after a citizen, serving as an authorized representative of the Ministry of Electricity and Water, reported a fault in the electrical connections at a ministry site. Upon inspection, technical teams discovered that the site had been broken into. The stolen items included a fenced electrical tower, and the perpetrators had climbed the perimeter to remove 415 circular fence wires, each 19 mm in diameter, along with seven iron support angles. The total value of the stolen materials has been estimated at KWD 2,128.

 KUWAIT CITY, Oct 18: The Misdemeanor Section in the Appeals Court suspended the imprisonment of a former deputy general manager, a department head and an accountant at the Public Authority for Sports for one year, with bail of KD1,000, while it upheld the acquittal of a former general manager and another director.

The Court of First Instance had earlier sentenced the three defendants to one year in prison with hard labor for disbursing sums in violation of the regulations and decisions regarding salaries.

In another case, the Court of Appeals upheld the 12-year prison sentence with hard labor imposed on a citizen convicted of assaulting a security officer and severing four tendons in his hand using a Japanese sword. He was also convicted of detaining his Ukrainian wife inside his home in Shamiya, where drugs, weapons, and ammunition were found during the raid. The court confirmed in its ruling that the defendant committed acts that posed a grave threat to public safety, as he assaulted a public employee on duty and used deadly tools, in addition to possessing prohibited substances and unlicensed weapons.

This necessitated a harsher sentence to ensure deterrence. Moreover, the Court of Cassation refrained from punishing a Jordanian accused of setting fire to a Pizza Hut branch in Jabriya. Instead, it ordered him to sign a one-year pledge of good behavior and pay a bail of KD300. It overturned the two-year prison sentence imposed by the lower courts. The Cassation Court decided after finding out that a similar ruling — refraining from imposing punishment — was issued previously when the defendant set fire to a Starbucks branch in Rumaithiya.

By Jaber Al-Hamoud Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff

Firefighters contain carpentry shop blaze in Shuwaikh Industrial Area

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 18: Firefighters swiftly brought a blaze under control Saturday morning at a carpentry shop in the Shuwaikh Industrial Area, according to the Kuwait Fire Force.

Teams from the Shuwaikh Industrial and Al-Shaheed fire stations responded promptly to the incident, working together to contain the flames and prevent the fire from spreading to nearby facilities.

Authorities confirmed that the operation concluded without any injuries.

Firefighters contain carpentry shop blaze in Shuwaikh Industrial Area