Monday, March 07, 2011

Stealing chicken drumstick lands man in prison

Let this be a warning to restaurant customers across Saudi Arabia: A court in Jeddah sentenced a man to 14 months in prison and 80 lashes for serving himself up a chicken leg while the owner of the small eatery was looking the other way.



But some workers at the restaurant noticed the man’s illegal lifting of a drumstick and called the police. Now he’s serving time at Jeddah’s Briman prison.

4 comments:

Insolitus said...

Well, at least they didn't chop off anything.

arbroath said...

Heh heh, well I guess that's one consolation!

Barbwire said...

That was my thought, too, Insolitus. I thought the Shari'a penalty for stealing was cutting of the hand.

Insolitus said...

Perhaps it applies only to repeat offenders.