(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Â A Saudi man who slapped his wife has earned himself a flogging and jail sentence, in a rare ruling in the Gulf kingdom, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.
A court in the town of Safwa, in the eastern Qatif district, sentenced the man to 10 days in jail and 30 lashes, Al Sharq daily newspaper reported.
The judge also allowed the woman to attend the flogging and ordered her husband to enrol in a course on dealing with partners.
The woman, in her twenties, had lodged a complaint against her husband after he slapped her during an argument. The man admitted hitting her, saying his wife "was rude to his parents."
Saudi women also are banned from driving and are obliged to cover themselves from head to toe when they are in public.
The King Khalid Foundation, which is a Saudi charity, launched in May the kingdom's first anti-domestic violence advertising campaign.
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