The maid allegedly poisoned the infant to death.

During the last hearing on Monday, the maid responded to questions raised by the judges about why she admitted to the crime earlier.

This was the second time the maid had denied the charges during the sittings at the Dammam General Court.

The three-judge panel has postponed the case to Sept. 19 to complete the trial proceedings before delivering a verdict, Al-Yaum newspaper reported.

After the maid denied the charges, the judges cross-examined an official from the Public Prosecution and Investigation Commission as the first witness.

The official told the court that the maid confessed to her crime at least six times during questioning by officials of the commission, which was examining the case.

He noted that the maid admitted that she had administered pills to help the infant stop crying and that was without the knowledge of its mother.

The court will cross-examine another commission official as a second witness on Sept. 19 before trial proceedings are completed, the newspaper reported.

Meanwhile, the child’s father Ahmad Al-Boshal told the newspaper that the maid backtracked on her confessions during the last two court sittings, acting on the instructions of some people who he said did not fear Allah.

“During the last sitting, the judge asked the woman to fear Allah by not changing her confession. They also drew her attention to the fact that she had earlier confessed to her crime without any external pressure as well as acknowledging the good treatment she had received from my family,” he said.

Al-Boshal claimed that the maid’s previous attempt to commit suicide and the tears she shed in court were clear evidence of the mental anguish that she had been experiencing after committing the crime. “We treated the maid gently and decently ever since she arrived in our house after being hired from Indonesia. We appreciated the job she did,” he said.

Al-Boshal hoped the maid would not backtrack on her confessions again when the court held its last hearing next month before pronouncing the verdict.

Al-Boshal also complained that he has received many threatening calls from the maid’s sister in Jeddah as well as from relatives in Indonesia recently.

“I have also received several text messages appealing to me to be kind to her, and most of them came after it became clear that my position was the killer of my child should be given the death penalty,” he added.