3-year jail for practicing witchcraft

JEDDAH, 31 December — The summary court in Jeddah has handed down a three-year jail term and 75 lashes in 10 installments to a Saudi woman who allegedly practiced witchcraft. The woman was arrested while receiving SR1,000 from a young woman who sought her magical help in winning the heart of the man she wanted to marry. In fact, the woman was part of a trap laid by the police. They impounded several books on witchcraft found at the woman’s home.