20, 15 years in jail upheld for ‘killers’

KUWAIT CITY, March 4: The Court of Appeals upheld the verdict issued by a lower court which sentenced two individuals to 20-year and 15-year imprisonment respectively for killing a young citizen by colliding with his vehicle and causing it to overturn on Subbiya Road.

According to the case files, the family of the young man who died in a traffic accident on Subbiya Road had presented pictures that he had taken with his phone prior to the collision, which they said showed the driver of the “Jeep Wrangler” and his friend stealing his vehicle.

The brother of the deceased stated to the security authorities that he found pictures on his brother’s phone, specifically in the SnapChat application, which showed the incident that occurred prior to the accident and in front of a grocery store located at the end of the Jaber Bridge. It proved that his brother’s vehicle was stolen and that he was subjected to an intentional collision.

His family explained that the victim left his vehicle running and went to a grocery store. He was shocked when an individual got out of a “Wrangler” driven by another individual, got into his vehicle, and drove away with it. He immediately stopped a vehicle with a family inside, and asked the driver to help him catch up with the thief.

The driver followed the accused until the latter noticed that he was being chased. The thief stopped the vehicle, jumped out, and waved a knife at them before getting into the Wrangler. The victim took his vehicle and went on his way, but the suspects returned and followed him.

The victim ended up using the road in the opposite direction to go to the nearest security point, and made two calls to the Operations Room, but the suspects persisted in chasing him and deliberately rammed his vehicle several times dangerously, eventually causing it to overturn, which resulted in the victim’s death.