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Doha court sentences man to three years in jail for stealing pet leopards from home

A criminal court in Qatar has handed a man a three-year jail term for lifting a pair of pet leopard cubs from an acquaintance’s home, the Peninsula reports. The owner…

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Report: Court fines, revokes license of expat woman in road rage incident

Report: Court fines, revokes license of expat woman in road rage incident A court in Qatar has found a female expat driver guilty of assaulting another motorist and has fined…

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Court closes arguments in Villaggio fire case, as families await June verdict

A Qatar court has accepted written arguments from key stakeholders in the case to determine criminal responsibility in last year’s fatal Villaggio fire. After 14 sessions, arguments are now closed,…

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Court hears closing arguments in Villaggio fire trial, as Kiwi parents share good news

As closing arguments in the criminal hearing to determine responsibility in last year’s fatal Villaggio mall fire were heard this week, the parents of the two-year-old triplets killed in the blaze have blasted…

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Ex-executives of Al Jazeera Children’s Channel lament travel ban, lack of progress on case

Despite a second court hearing on Wednesday, no movement appears to have been made in the criminal case against former Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) manager Mahmoud Bouneb and two…

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Report: Qatar court sentences man to death for drug trafficking

Report: Qatar court sentences man to death for drug trafficking A man has been sentenced to death in Qatar and a fine of QR500,000 for smuggling some 600kg of hashish…

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Witness testimony winds down in Villaggio case, closing arguments ahead

Wednesday marked the 13th hearing and final day of witness testimony in the trial to determine criminal responsibility for the 19 deaths in last year’s fire inside Gympanzee at Villaggio…

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A message about the Villaggio fire hearings

In the last two weeks of February, two more hearings were held to determine criminal responsibility for the 19 deaths in the Villaggio fire, with half a dozen more witnesses being called by the defense. …

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Conflicting testimony about Gympanzee heard during latest Villaggio hearing

With reporting from Riham Sheble Tensions ran high in a Doha criminal court today as several witnesses called by the defense testified that Gympanzee – a daycare center in which…

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