Man gets 8 years for pimping out wife
JEDDAH — A criminal court in Jeddah sentenced a man to 8 years in prison for pimping out his wife to another man. The sentence also included 1,000 lashes, to be applied over a period of time. The man had appealed the sentence but the appeals court upheld the lower court’s verdict. The court found the man guilty of pimping out his wife on social networking sites and the case was investigated by the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution. The wife was referred to a care home and will be tried separately.