Drunk-driving convict loses plea

A drunken driver who stabbed two cops lost his appeal against the seven years imprisonment previously issued against him by the First High Criminal Court last April. This was announced as the Supreme Criminal Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the man’s verdict.

The Bahraini remained in custody during the past few months pending further investigations that included undergoing a mental health examination, which proved that he was fit and responsible for his action. The details of the case showed that the 37-year-old defendant was involved in a traffic accident while under the influence of alcohol in the Capital Governorate.

A police patrol arrived at the scene and asked the man to get inside the vehicle to take him to the police station for recording his statement. However, the man didn’t resist arrest at first and co-operated with the policemen until they started driving towards the police station.

Then, the man, who sat in the backseat of the patrol vehicle, took out a knife that was concealed in his clothes and took the cops by surprise, stabbing one of them in the neck and the other in the arm