Court acquits Kuwaiti of threatening to kill wife

Kuwait's Court of Appeals has overturned a conviction, acquitting a citizen accused of domestic violence, specifically verbal abuse and threatening to kill his wife. The ruling emphasizes the legal principle that criminal convictions must be based on irrefutable proof.

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criminal convictions must be based on conclusive evidence, and that any doubt must be interpreted in favor of the accused.

The appellate court stated that any ambiguity or doubt in the evidence must be resolved in favor of the defendant. This principle is crucial in ensuring fair trials and preventing wrongful convictions based on insufficient grounds.

The defense team, representing the citizen, had argued throughout the proceedings that the evidence presented by the Public Prosecution was inadequate. They contended that the charges were based primarily on the wife's testimony without any corroborating independent or circumstantial evidence to substantiate the claims as required by law.

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the evidence is insufficient and there is no conclusive proof to substantiate the charges against his client.

From the outset of the investigation, the accused consistently denied all charges. The defense maintained his innocence, highlighting the lack of conclusive proof in the case file that could support the allegations against their client.

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the case file lacked conclusive evidence to support the charges, and that the case is based solely on the victim’s testimony, without any independent evidence or circumstantial proof to confirm the charges as per the law.