Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH – The Court of Appeals in Riyadh has upheld a death sentence issued by the General Court in Jeddah against an intermediate schoolteacher who kidnapped and raped 12 girls, Makkah daily reported on Sunday. The Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution (BIP) was able to prove through solid evidence all charges against the defendant, who used to lure young girls aged between 6 and 11 to his home where he sexually assaulted them. The BIP said the latest victim was a 9-year-old girl whom he kidnapped from a wedding hall near where he lived. The victim told the authorities that she was taken to Ajawid District, southeast of Jeddah, and said the man's house was close to a mosque; she heard the call of dawn prayer as she was attacked, police added. She also identified other buildings close to the house, which led authorities to limit the scope of their hunt for the perpetrator, according to authorities. Police made sketches of the alleged rapist based on descriptions provided by victims and pictures taken from surveillance camera at malls, wedding halls and hospitals where the rapist took the children in his SUV after giving them sweets, officials said. Police sources said that the victim who provided the information described the apartment annexed to the house, where she was raped, as containing children's toys, a flat-screen TV, and a red shisha water pipe. When secret police started watching the house, they asked the man's children if their father still smoked shisha; they answered ‘Yes,' the sources said. The 12 victims were able to identify the man's car he used to take them to his house, the sources said. They said they were forced to sit in the back seat and keep looking at the floor, to prevent them from identifying the area where they were taken. The last victim, however, was able to get glimpses of the area, which helped police find the location, sources said. Earlier reports said the man was 42 at the time of his arrest, and married with four children. He reportedly offered the girls sweets to lure them into his car, and sent his family away while he raped his victims in the family home. He acted at different times of the day and used two vehicles to cover his tracks, and is also reported to have caused serious facial injuries to his victims.
