Brit man to receive 350 lashes for flouting alcohol law in Saudi

October 13, 2015 12:24

The children of a British man have called on David Cameron to intervene to save their father from being subjected to 350 lashes in Saudi Arabia. Karl Andree, 74, faces being publicly flogged as part of a punishment imposed after bottles of homemade wine were reportedly found last year in his car by Saudi police enforcing strict laws prohibiting alcohol.

The family of the oil executive, who is being held at Jeddah's Briman prison, say he is already weak as a result of cancer and fear that the flogging will kill him. Read more

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