Two men in Qatar have been handed death sentences and two others five years in jail for the murder of a security guard at an automobile showroom, Al Sharq reports.<\/p>\n
According to the newspaper, the four men approached the showroom, which was not identified, after hours and told the guard they needed to retrieve a ball they had left there. After the guard let them in, three youth began to beat the man while their friend stood watch.<\/p>\n
The Peninsula translates:<\/p>\n
They forced the guard on to the ground and one of them began strangling him as the other two kept kicking him until the guard died.<\/p>\n
After making sure that the guard had died, the three youngsters dragged his body to one of the brand new cars on display in the showroom and locked it in.<\/p>\n
The friends then stole a vehicle from the showroom, briefly using it after affixing a discarded license plate. Eventually, they abandoned the car in a deserted area.<\/p>\n
According to Al Sharq, because two of the men were minors, they were sentenced by a juvenile court to jail time and then ordered to be deported.<\/p>\n
And though the other two face death sentences, Qatar has had no reported executions in over a decade.<\/p>\n
Lawyers said they planned to appeal the verdicts, arguing in court that the murder was not premeditated. Rather, the youth had only planned to steal a car, and even though they brought a knife, had not used it.<\/p>\n
Source: Agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two men in Qatar have been handed death sentences and two others five years in jail for the murder of a security guard at an automobile showroom, Al Sharq reports.<\/p>\n
According to the newspaper, the four men approached the showroom, which was not identified, after hours and told the guard they needed to retrieve a ball they had left there. After the guard let them in, three youth began to beat the man while their friend stood watch.<\/p>\n
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