Prostitution: Jail term of 4 upheld

Manama

Four accused, including a man and three women, embroiled in a prostitution case had their jail terms reduced on appeal. They were earlier sentenced to three years each in prison by the High Criminal Court. But the High Criminal Appeals Court commuted the jail terms of the man and one of the woman accused to two years’ imprisonment, while the other two women received only one year each behind bars. All of the accused were of Arab origins and two of them were prostitutes. The man and the third woman served as pimps bringing customers to their co-accused, according to the court records. They were charged BD100 and BD300 for sex services. The man also operated a renowned disco in Juffair, which he used to lure customers. The women used two apartments in a hotel as brothels. Their crime was exposed after a police tip-off, following which, they were nabbed red-handed in a sting operation.Two undercover agents tricked the man into taking them to the prostitutes for sex. The duo had BD1200, which was enough to manipulate the man into accepting their requests. He asked them for BD600 and BD300 for each woman, besides BD200 in commission. And as soon as the women undressed, vice squads swooped in and arrested them.