The General Court here sentenced three robbers to 13 years jail and 6,500 slashes for trying to pull out an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) containing a million riyals a year ago. One of the robbers received five years jail and 2,500 lashes while the other two received four years jail and 2,000 lashes and their car was confiscated. The robbers regretted their action but claimed that the punishment was too harsh. They said in their defense that they did not have any criminal record. The robbery was foiled when a truck driver saw the three trying to pull out the ATM on Bishah-Samakh Road and called the police.
