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Filipina sentenced to death in Kuwait
A Filipina housemaid has been sentenced to death after she was convicted of murdering her employer's daughter, according to her lawyer.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:02 April 14, 2008
Kuwait City: A Filipina housemaid has been sentenced to death after she was convicted of murdering her employer's daughter, according to her lawyer.
Jakatia Pawa will appeal the ruling and denies stabbing to death 21-year-old Dala Al Naqi as she slept.
According to the lawyer, Pawa had worked for her employer for five years and had no motive to kill the woman.
Two other Filipina maids have recently been sentenced to death for murder in Kuwait.
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