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Life

UK court jails driver for attempted blackmail of prominent Qatari family

The defendant had threatened to send private photos he found of the family on a memory stick and camera left in his car to a commercial television station or another Gulf state if he did not receive QR3.3 million from the Qatar Embassy in London.

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Life

Doha court: Government official guilty of negligence in child’s death

Speaking after the verdict, the father of the child who fell into an uncovered manhole appealed to Qatari authorities to introduce stringent safety rules so that other families could avoid having to "share this sort of pain."

2 min

Business

TV network agrees to dropping charges against former executives

With the prosecutor and JCC agreeing to withdraw the charges, the judge adjourned today’s court session and scheduled a hearing for Feb. 12 to deliver his verdict.

3 min

Life

Woqod introduced new gas delivery rules after blast, Qatar court hears

The trial resumed today of four men facing negligence charges for their role in last February’s blast at a Turkish restaurant that killed 11 people and injured 35 others.

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Business

Architectural competition held to design new Qatar courthouse

Several firms were invited to submit bids for a new courthouse that would potentially be located by Qatar University, replacing the current, very aged criminal facility in Al Sadd.

4 min

Life

Police present evidence linking gardener to Qatar woman’s murder

Investigators told a court on Wednesday that they found the accused’s name, written in blood, in the home of a murdered elderly woman.

2 min

Life

Three months in jail given to trainer after leopard attack on child

Circus organizers were also fined QR200,000 for breaching health and safety regulations, according to local media reports.

2 min

Life

First witness called in Villaggio fire appeal case

Relatives of the victims killed in the fired expressed dismay at the glacial pace of the proceedings, but said they were determined to see the process through to the end.

2 min

Life

Circus organizers in hot water after leopard attack on child

A least one Qatar resident who organized the Royal Circus is in jail, as the five-year-old boy who was attacked remains in the hospital, apparently with an injured windpipe.

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