Kuwait’s criminal court sentenced a Filipino domestic worker to death on Wednesday for the murder of an 18-month-old Kuwaiti boy.
The domestic worker brutally murdered the child by placing him inside a washing machine at her employer’s home in Sabah Al Salem in December 2024.
The woman confessed to investigators that she killed the child because he was ‘annoying her,’ according to Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas.
The parents rushed to the scene after hearing his screams and discovered him inside the washing machine in critical condition. He was rushed to the hospital, but doctors pronounced him dead on arrival due to severe injuries.
The horrific crime drew widespread attention in both Kuwait and the Philippines. The Philippine Department of Migrant Workers expressed condolences to the child’s family and the Kuwaiti government, stressing that the incident was ‘isolated’ and did not reflect the values of overseas Filipino workers.
The ruling will be automatically reviewed by the appeals court and subsequently by the Court of Cassation, the country’s highest tribunal, whose decisions are final.
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