The Supreme Criminal Appeals Court has upheld the death sentence of a Bahraini convicted of stabbing his neighbour to death in Shakhoora.
In July, the appellant was found guilty of murdering Ali Mahdi Albasri, aged 57, who he left bleeding outside his apartment building on February 27.
He lodged an appeal against the death penalty, with his lawyers asking the court to lower it to life in prison, but a panel of judges has unanimously ruled to reject the appeal.
The 47-year-old murder convict has one final chance to contest the verdict at the Cassation Court, Bahrain's highest court of appeal.
The High Criminal Court also ordered the killer to pay BD5,001 in temporary damages to the victim's family, until the civil court suit raised against him comes to a conclusion.
On the day of the incident, the late Mr Al Basri is said to have left his home at 6.30am to get breakfast for his family, when he ‘got into a fight over a parking spot’ with the defendant, and was eventually killed by him.
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