Via IBT:
A Saudi court has ruled that a man who paralysed his best friend should now himself be crippled in an ‘eye-for-an-eye’ punishment.
Ali Al-Khawahir has been in prison since stabbing his friend in the backbone 10 years ago, when he was only 14 years old.
According to the Saudi Gazette, a court has ruled that the accused should now be “fully paralysed” unless he pays the compensation demanded by the victim.
Originally the victim asked for two million Saudi Riyals (£350,000) however this sum has since been reduced to one million Saudi Riyals (£176,000), according to Mail Online.
It is not clear how the punishment would be carried out. However it has been speculated that the victim’s spinal cord would be severed.
HT: DRUDGE