Briton sentenced to flogging in Saudi Arabia to be freed

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian and agencies

A 74-year-old British man due to be publicly flogged in Saudi Arabia for possession of alcohol will be released within days, Philip Hammond has said.

The foreign secretary, on a visit to Saudi, announced that Karl Andree would be freed, despite reports of cooling diplomatic relations between Saudi and the UK.

“This is a good outcome and I’m grateful to minister (Adel) Al-Jubeir and all other people who have been involved, especially His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, for ensuring that we now have a good outcome,” Hammond said.

Andree has been in jail since his arrest in August last year and had been sentenced to 350 lashes after bottles of homemade wine were reportedly found in his car.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/28/karl-andree-briton-threatened-with-flogging-in-saudi-arabia-to-be-freed

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Rowena Mason and agencies
Wednesday 28 October 2015 16.52 GMT

[Dopers_Greed]

1. Oh no! Alcohol...how horrible!

But sexual assault and drug smuggling are totally cool if you're a Saudi prince.

[Turbineguy]

3. Maybe this guy set the stage.

There may be a limit to hypocrisy

[maxsolomon]

4. Its a monarchy that maintains legitimacy through a theocracy

You expect justice?

International attn. made them commute the lashing sentence.

[Herman4747]

2. Free Raif Badawi!! nt

[smirkymonkey]

5. I'm so relieved. That punishment surely would have killed the man.

Sick bastards!