Saudi prince gay
Saudi Prince faces execution for being gay
“Homosexuality is illegal in Saudi Arabia and carries the death penalty,” prosecutor Bobbie Cheema was quoted as telling the Old Bailey court.
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Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud has admitted manslaughter but strenuously denies having a “gay fling” with his victim — start beaten and strangled at a five-star London hotel where the pair were allegedly on a holiday. He pleads not remorseful to murder.
Servant Bandar Abdullah Abdulaziz,32,had bite marks on him,said to have been caused during a sex romp. His master – captured on CCTV attacking him in a hotel lift – is grandson of the Saudi king.
Cheema said any prosecution by the Saudis depended on “the wishes of his family”. “There have been cases where the family have pushed for the most severe penalty.”
The Prince could also be in peril from his victim’s family “although as he is a member of the Saudi royal family,this risk would be reduced”,the prosecutor added.
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Last updated: 17 December 2024
Types of criminalisation
- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity between males
- Criminalises sexual activity between females
- Criminalises the gender expression of transgender people
- Imposes the death penalty
Summary
Same-sex sexual activity is prohibited under Sharia law, under which all sex outside of marriage, include homosexual sexual activity, is criminalised. The maximum penalty under the law is the death penalty. Both men and women are criminalised under this law. In addition to potentially creature captured by laws that criminalise same-sex activity, transsexual people may also encounter prosecution for failing to adhere to strict dress codes imposed by Sharia law.
The provision has its origins in Islamic rule, with Saudi Arabia operating an uncodified criminal code based upon Sharia principles.
There is substantial evidence of the law being enforced in recent years, with LGBT people being frequently subject to arrest. Some of those arrested hold been executed by authorities. Due to the opa
How murder exposed Saudi prince's homosexual life
The prince, whose mother was one of 50 children of the late King Saud, paid for his 32-year-old manservant to fly around the world and stay in the best hotels.
Together in London they went shopping, dined in the best restaurants and drank champagne and cocktails in swanky nightclubs.
They shared a bed but the prince frequently subjected his manservant to violent attacks, such as the beating which was captured on the CCTV camera in a hotel lift three weeks before Bandar Abdulaziz's death.
In the footage, the victim makes no attempt to fight back and afterwards walks meekly after his master like a scolded dog.
Professor Gregory Gause, a Saudi Arabia expert, said: "Homosexuality is considered extremely shameful in Saudi Arabia and there is not a publicly acknowledged gay community.
"It's still closeted. But, for young Saudi men, contact with the reverse sex is extremely complicated so there might be a temptation to experiment before marriage," said Prof Gause, from the University of Vermont.
He said about 5,000 Saudi princes procure a yearly stipend of about $200,000 (£126,000), but some were
Death Penalty Fears For 'Gay' Saudi Prince
A Saudi prince accused of the murder of his servant could face the death penalty in his home nation over his alleged homosexuality, the Old Bailey has heard.
Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud, 34, is on trial in London after 32-year-old Bandar Abdullah Abdulaziz died during a brutal attack with a "sexual element" on February 15.
Two male escorts are alleged to have performed sex acts on the prince at the Landmarkhotel in central London where he and Mr Abdulaziz were staying.
The jury in the case was told gay relationships are illegal under Saudi Arabia's sharia law code.
But John Kelsey-Fry QC, defending, has denied suggestions the two men were in a bond and Saud has said he is heterosexual.
Bobbie Cheema, prosecuting, said: "Homosexuality is illegal in Saudi Arabia and carries the death penalty which is still applied in some cases.
"The country in which any alleged acts took place would have little bearing on the likelihood of prosecution as the Saudi legal system is based on the sharia regulation which is considered to be universal.
"The defendant could be at risk from members of his retain family who may touch that he has b
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