Somali Servant Killed By Saudi Prince

[Mintid Farayar]

Saudi prince who killed his servant in London hotel will be sent home in weeks

Richard Ford, Home Correspondent

 

5 February 2013

 

thetimes.co.uk

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A Saudi Arabian prince jailed for life for murdering his manservant is to be sent home to serve out his sentence after spending less than three years in a British prison.

 

Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary, approved the transfer of Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasir al Saud to a jail in Saudi Arabia.

 

The Prince, a grandson of King Abdullah, is the first Saudi citizen to benefit from the unusual prison transfer agreement, which came into force in August. He is expected to fly back within weeks.

 

There has been extreme sensitivity in Whitehall over the case, given Saudi Arabia’s position as the largest customer for British defence equipment.

 

Thousands of British jobs rely on defence contracts with the country and David Cameron was in Saudi Arabia in November as part of efforts to sell as many as 100 Typhoon jets to Gulf states. No deal has yet been signed. One Whitehall source said that there was no link between the prisoner transfer deal and any trade deal.

 

Saud, 36, was convicted in October 2010 of murdering Bandar Abdulaziz in a hotel in London after weeks of attacks. He denied being gay but the court heard that he had hired male escorts at £200 an hour while on holiday in London. Security camera footage showed Saud kicking and hitting Mr Abdulaziz, 32, originally from Somalia, 37 times in the lift of the Landmark hotel in Marylebone.

 

The servant was strangled and beaten to death, the final act in a “deeply abusive" relationship in which Saud carried out frequent attacks. The trial judge, Mr Justice Bean, said: “You were in a position of authority and trust over him which you exploited ruthlessly. I think the most likely explanation is that you could not care less whether you killed him or not."

 

Saud, jailed for life, was told that he must serve a minimum of 20 years before being considered for parole. He has been in Wakefield top-security jail.

 

Within months of his conviction the Saudi authorities approached Britain for a prison transfer agreement. Britain agreed to the deal, even though the number of prisoners involved is much smaller than for other countries. It means that 11 Saudi Arabian citizens in British jails can seek transfers and six Britons in Saudi Arabian jails can apply to come home to serve their sentences.

 

Whitehall officials are believed to have expressed fears that they would be unable to ensure that Saud would, in fact, serve out his sentence in a jail in his homeland. Mr Grayling, however, has received assurances from Saudi Arabian authorities that the Prince will serve the sentence in a prison.

 

During his trial it emerged that the Prince had assumed, wrongly, that he had diplomatic immunity and could not be tried in Britain for the murder.

[Mintid Farayar]

AUN...

[Che -Guevara]

Somali? Really?

[Saalax]

AUN.

[Mintid Farayar]

Che -Guevara;916176 wrote:

Somali? Really?

That's what the article says - that's all I know.

 

Whether he's Somali or not, it's a tragedy!

[Che -Guevara]

The old articles about him never mentioned his ethnicity or nationality. In any case, how oppressed does one have to be not to put up a fight?

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11492867

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/saudi-prince-al-saud-20-years-murder-manservant-alleged-gay-lover-article-1.190760

[nuune]

Somali, I doubt, I wish if he was Somali, because Somalis are born fighters and wouldn't let that prince kill him without a fight.

 

 

I am sorry, but I don't see a Somali eyes there, I can recognize Somali eyes from one kilometer away!!

 

Before the violence: Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud with his servant Bandar Abdulaziz

share a cocktail during their fateful stay in London

[nuune]

Telegraph mentions him to be from Sudan:

 

10:43AM GMT 13 Nov 2012

 

"The judge had sentenced Mr Al Saud to 20 years at Wakefield top security prison, declaring that he had used Mr Abdulaziz, originally from Sudan, as a "human punch bag". "

 

Source

[nuune]

The same thetimes.co.uk that says he is Somali claimed when the story broke out on 2010 that Bandar Abdul Aziz was from Sudan, why they changed his nationality to Somalia now is something needs to be investigated.

 

Text from 2010 Times article:

 

"Bandar Abdulaziz, whom the prince treated as "a human punchbag", the judge ... Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Nasir al Saud strangled his servant ... Strangers found the prince charming and generous, but his Sudanese 'companion'....."

 

Source

 

 

 

Anyway, am done, did my effort to protect the Somali image, a Somali will never be a slave to someone else!!

[Nin-Yaaban]

Kan wuxu u egyahay, kuwa gacanta bidixda Kalaafiyooda. I bet if he was a common man, they would've buried him on the prison yard and thrown away the key. Amazing what you could get away with money and connection.

[Che -Guevara]

I have never seen a Somali called Bandar, there are locations but not a man's name.

[Daqane]

He is not somali

[NGONGE]

Che -Guevara;916185 wrote:

I have never seen a Somali called Bandar, there are locations but not a man's name.

Nor is it a Sudani name. Bandar, again, is usually a name of a place there too. The guy is Saudi but these Western papers can't believe there are black Saudis.

[Somalia]

nuune;916180 wrote:

Somali, I doubt, I wish if he was Somali, because Somalis are born fighters and wouldn't let that prince kill him without a fight.

 

 

I am sorry, but I don't see a Somali eyes there, I can recognize Somali eyes from one kilometer away!!

You are looking approximately 2 inches south of the eyes. :eek:

[Blessed]

That's a really pathetic way to spend your last days on earth, SubhanAllah, may Allah grant us a decent ending. I hope this Al Saud filth meets the same humiliation he has subjected on another.