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An ex-policeman, who was sacked from the police force and banned from its premises, was found guilty of an attempted break-in at the airport police station, and punching and spitting on a former colleague.
The 23-year-old Bahraini was earlier sentenced to a year in prison by the High Criminal Court for assaulting an on-duty policeman, slandering him publicly and disrespecting him. He has now lodged an appeal against the conviction.
“As the witness was guarding the Bahrain International Airport Police Directorate, the defendant – who was previously discharged from the force and placed in retirement – approached it,” read the verdict.
“He asked the policeman to let him in so he could sleep in the directorate’s mosque. The policeman forbade him from entering, citing an order banning him. He also told the defendant to leave but in vain.”
The court heard that the Bahraini then sat on the curb and lit a cigarette, which the witnesses suspected contained hashish, and was once again asked to leave.
“The defendant began cursing at the guard and tried to attack him with a large pair of metal scissors, but he dodged it,” the verdict continued.
“Another policeman came and calmed the defendant down, and managed to snatch the scissors from him. He sat on the chair in front of the station’s gate, but the guard told him to leave.
“The defendant once again refused, and the policeman was struck by a punch to his left eye, so he brought the defendant to the ground. The 23-year-old Bahraini hit the policeman randomly injuring his wrist and knee before eventually being arrested.”
Earlier that April day, the guard’s supervisor received a call from the suspect asking him who was on duty that morning.
He recounted that he did not provide any information and immediately ended the call, but the suspect called him again, threatening to come to the directorate’s building, saying, “Prepare all your weapons, prepare the detention room!”
The shift commander called the guard, who was later involved in the tussle, telling him not to allow the defendant into the station as he was no longer an Interior Ministry employee.
Meanwhile, a security footage showed the ex-policeman speaking to the victim in a provocative way, pointing and moving ‘unnaturally’, as summarised by the Public Prosecution.
At the initial trial, the suspect’s mother came to court to plead her son’s innocence, claiming that he had no control over his actions as he was a psychiatric patient.
The suspect has now appealed to the Supreme Criminal Appeals Court against the sentence. The court adjourned the trial to July 27 for defence arguments.
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