ABHA: A 50-year-old Saudi woman has filed a lawsuit against her brother for allegedly not giving her money generated from residential apartments that she inherited from her father.
The woman has also lodged a complaint at Nuzla police station, saying her brother — who works at the Transport Ministry’s office in Jeddah — along with his sons beat up her two sons and threatened to kill her.
In her complaint, the woman said the man cut electricity from her home, something that scared her daughters and grandchildren, who include babies.
The brother said he was ready to pay her money if she withdrew the case filed with the police, but the woman refuses, adding that her sons were also injured in the beating.
The woman, called Um Sultan, said her brother is involved in four court cases, which include one on paying his mother’s expenses and another on dividing their father’s inheritance.
The woman also alleges that her brother has occupied 50 percent of parking spaces in front of her house and asked local residents not to park their vehicles there. She also said her brother has in the past beaten up a number of local residents for parking in his space.
The woman also expressed her anguish at the municipality for not taking any action against her brother for occupying public land.
Arab News learned from police that South Jeddah police had taken an undertaking from the man not to attack Um Sultan and her sons again.
Lawyer Khaled Abu Rashed said judges would not look favorably at the man’s behavior. He added the man would be questioned by the police as well as the Commission for Investigation and General Prosecution before the matter reaches the summary court.
Abu Rashed said the woman has two rights — public rights against her brother, who faces lashes and a jail sentence; and private rights in the form of financial compensation for causing injuries. The court will also look into the inheritance issue and issue a verdict that would allow her to have control of her inheritance. The brother would also be forced to pay Um Sultan revenue earned from the property she inherited.
