Saudi- Supreme Court upholds death sentence for serial rapist

(MENAFN- Arab News) The supreme court in riyadh has upheld a death sentence handed down to a teacher convicted of kidnapping and raping eight young girls a local daily reported sunday

A lower court in jeddah found the man guilty last year of kidnapping girls aged between six and 11 from public places and taking them to his home to rape them the makkah newspaper reported without giving his name

His last victim a nine-year-old whom he abducted from a wedding hall was able to guide police to the area of jeddah where he lived leading to his arrest in ajawid district in 2011. dna tests proved that the man was behind the crimes.

Earlier reports said the man was 42 at the time of his arrest and married with four children

He reportedly offered the girls sweets to lure them into his car and sent his family away while he raped his victims in the family home

Rape is one of a raft of crimes punishable by death in the kingdom. others include murder apostasy armed robbery and drug trafficking.