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Published: April 20, 2009, 15:39
Kuwait City: The lawyer of an Australian woman detained in Kuwait says a court has convicted her of insulting the ruler and sentenced her to two years in prison.
Attorney Falah Al Hajraf would not comment on Monday's ruling but he says he is appealing it immediately.
Nasra Alshamery was arrested in December after arriving at Kuwait International Airport with her family on vacation. The lawyer says a misunderstanding between family members and an airport official turned into a melee during which the woman was accused of screaming obscenities and insulting the ruler.
The 43-year-old woman denied the charges, and her lawyer claims witness testimony was contradictory.
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