 A Kuwaiti woman, identified as Nadia, Monday told the Detention Renewal Judge she was married to her 'lover,' identified as Emad, before the judge renewed her detention for fifteen more days. The Public Prosecution is accusing Nadia of committing adultery after her Kuwaiti husband caught her and Emad in bed in his home two weeks ago.
| "My wife! My best friend! My baseball glove!" |
Case papers indicate on Jan 13, 2005, Nadia's husband, who was on a business trip to the US, returned home without informing his wife and caught the 'stranger' and his wife in bed. The shocked husband prevented the man from escaping and hit him on the head with a vase. Then, he strangled him to death. However, Nadia escaped from the scene and remained hidden until she was arrested by police.
| "Jeeze!" she said. "I'm gettin' outta here!" |
Investigations revealed Nadia, who got the Kuwaiti citizenship only a year ago, told the Prosecution most of the time she lived in the West and was not aware marrying another man other than her husband was forbidden.
| "We do that in the West all the time!" |
When the Prosecution asked Nadia about the 'urfi marriage' (a document showing she had married Emad), she said it was in 'his' possession.
| "Didja look in his wallet? I din't wanna touch him. I don't like dead guys. Besides, my husband was trying to bean me with the vase!" |
However, the Prosecution ordered the detention of Nadia and her husband who has killed Emad. The husband will be referred to the Detention Renewal Judge on Wednesday. His lawyers — Tareq Al-Khars and Nivin Marafi - from Khaled Abdul Jalil's office told the Arab Times they will request the judge to release their client on any guarantee. |