A Saudi appeal court has upheld an earlier sentence by another court to amputate the hands of four men who were convicted of robbing several gold shops in the Gulf Kingdom, Kabar daily reported on Friday.The court in the central town of Makkah, Islam's holiest shrine, approved the verdict by a court in the southwestern province of Asir, which found the four men guilty of robbery, it said.
"The appeal court in Makkah upheld the verdict to amputate the hands of the four thieves after they confessed to their crime," the paper said.
It did not identify the men or say how and when the sentence would be carried out.