(MENAFN- The Peninsula) A criminal court has sentenced a man to a month in jail and fined him QR3,000 ($824) for using abusive language against airport security personnel and about God while in a drunken state. The man, an expatriate, had arrived by a flight on which, it seems, he got drunk.
When intercepted by airport security, he took offence and used foul language.
The expatriate, a Muslim, spoke abusively about God as well in an intoxicated state, reports Al Sharq. When questioned by the Public Prosecution, the convict confessed to having consumed alcohol on board a flight bound for Doha.
The man was arrested and the prosecution charged him on two counts: Drinking and using foul language against airport security personnel and about God, the daily said.
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