SL housemaid gets one-year jail term

1 April 2011 02:40 am

A Sri Lankan housemaid in Qatar has been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for stealing QR11, 000 from her host family.

The sponsor told the police that the maid stole her handbag containing the sum and other IDs. The incident happened on May 6 last year, after less than a month of the woman joining the host family in Qatar.

The lady sponsor also said that some QR8, 000 was found in the maid’s room. Some money was found hidden under the carpet.

The maid, 39, denied the charges saying that she found the purse in the garbage.

The Doha court of first instance ruled that the plaintiff’s version was credible and coherent. The maid should leave the country after serving the sentence

Source: The Gulf Time