Bahrain: Suspects who tried to rob man with toy gun refuse to recall the incident
Two men who landed in police custody for threatening and robbing a Bahraini national with a toy gun claimed during the Court trial that “they were in an inebriated state on that day and hence don’t have any recollection of their acts.”
The men, African nationals, said this as prosecutors read out the charges levelled against them during the trial. The High Criminal Court awarded them each five years in jail and also ordered to deport them from the Kingdom at the end of their jail terms. Court files say the incident leading to the trial occurred on the 22nd of June this year.
On that day, the suspects, police said, attacked the victim and decamped with money from his wallet. Police said the men, one of them pulled out a gun, which later turned out as a toy, and another a knife, to threaten the victim.
Recalling the terrifying moments, the victim told prosecutors, “As I was standing near an ATM in Sanad, these men rushed towards me.” “One of them suddenly drew a knife threatening to attack me, as the other man trained his gun on my face.
“I was shocked and terrified and handed over the BD50 I had in my wallet as one of them dealt a blow on my waist. “They then ran away, leaving me,” the victim told the court. Cops said they launched an investigation soon after receiving a complaint. “We reviewed CCTV footage from cameras at the spot and on the way to identify the suspects. “We were also successful in identifying and tracking the suspects. At first, the first suspect landed in our custody.
He then guided us toward the second suspect. “Both the men also confessed to their crimes when confronted with solid evidence,” police said. “We also retrieved from them the knife and the gun, which turned out to be a toy model. Police said they also retrieved BD7.1 from the knife-wielding suspect and BD21 from the jacket of the man who pointed the gun at the victim.
