Court Sentences Unruly Juvenile to 40 Lashes

MAKKAH, 17 April 2006 — A local court in Makkah sentenced a 15-year-old boy to two months in a juvenile detention center and 40 lashes for bad behavior with his parents, Okaz reported. The parents lodged a complaint in the court saying that the juvenile did not listen to their instructions and stayed out late at night. He stayed in the company of people with a bad reputation and also verbally abused his parents.