ABS-CBNNews.com reports that the Kuwait Criminal Court sentenced a Kuwaiti couple-Abdulaziz Al Falekh and Rabagh Mustafa Sahata-to death by hanging for murdering their Filipino household service worker, Asria Samad Abdul, in July 2010. They were sentenced on Sunday, February 19. They were also ordered to pay KD5,000 or P765,000 as to the victim’s family in the Philippines.
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ABS-CBNNews.com further revealed: "Abdul, 34, a native of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao was tortured by the couple almost daily. [Then, when she lost consciousness], the couple brought her to the Kabd desert where they ran her over with their car to make it appear that she died of a vehicular accident.
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After Abdul’s crushed body was discovered, they arrested the couple. They confessed to torturing Abdul and running her over with their car.
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