BEIRUT:
A court in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah sentenced an unidentified Lebanese
man to one year in prison and 200 lashes after he was convicted of drawing
tattoos on the bodies of Saudi women and being a women’s hairdresser, a Saudi
newspaper said Tuesday.
Al-Madina
newspaper reported that the district court also fined the man.
The
article said the Lebanese man, known as "The King of Tattoos" was
arrested when a member of the Squad for the Promotion of Virtue and the
Prevention of Vice pretended to be a driver for one of his female clients.
The
squad confiscated a bag in his possession which contained several lotions, some
for weight loss, others for eliminating skin discoloration from the knees, and
yet others for breast lifting, massage and enhancement. They also confiscated
artificial eye lashes and products for hair coloring.
The
Saudi paper also said that when the man was arrested, he told the squad that he
used these products as part of his work in Lebanon as a hairdresser, denying
that he used them on Saudi women.
During
the subsequent investigation, police found text messages on his cellular phone
from women indicating that he had tattooed their bodies at their residence.
They also found pictures of tattooed women.
The
squad also found business cards he distributed to female clients.
According
to the paper, the investigation revealed that the Lebanese man had been working
as a hairdresser and tattoo artist for nine years by entering the country on
commercial visas.
He reportedly received
women in an apartment he rented but later began going to the women's houses as
he thought this would be safer.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Jul-17/180909-saudi-court-sentences-lebanese-to-year-in-jail-200-lashes.ashx#axzz20mFkUNDx
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