(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula Online
A court in Qatar found a man guilty for infringing on the privacy of another person by placing a surveillance camera to monitor her movements and sentenced the accused to six months in jail and fined him QR 5,000.
The prosecution charged him for violating the privacy of the victim without her consent. The accused set up surveillance cameras in his house pointing to the victim's house, who is a relative, to monitor her movements.
According to article 333 of the Penal Code, anyone who commits infringement of private life of individuals, records or transports pictures of individuals in a private place by means of a device of any kind, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and to a fine not exceeding 5 thousand riyals. It criminalizes any activity that leads to access to the private life of the victim without his consent.
According to the Penal Code, the criminal court sentenced the accused to six months' imprisonment and fined him 5,000 riyals, and the cameras were removed at his own expense.
The Peninsula newspaper posts these kind of legal cases from the court, to raise awareness about the dangers of violating laws or infringing on others in the country.
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