Humaidan Al-Turki, who was jailed in 2006 in the United States, was left bemused after his review before a parole committee at Limon Correctional Facility, Colorado, was denied. The committee will now review the case next year, according to family spokesperson Fahd Al-Nassar.
Al-Turki was sentenced in August 2006 to 28 years in prison on 12 felony counts of false imprisonment, unlawful sexual contact with his Indonesian housekeeper, theft and criminal extortion.
Al-Turki had his sentence reduced on appeal. He received a revised sentence of eight years in jail in February this year.
Al-Turki’s defense team had filed for a parole hearing after he completed half his sentence.
The parole committee meets usually to review release requests for those who have already served half of their jail sentence.
Other considerations taken into account when requesting parole include the humanitarian circumstances of the prisoner and his family, security and political issues related to the case as well as the costs of keeping the convict in jail.
Al-Nassar had been optimistic Al-Turki would be paroled. He said the committee would consider the trial’s costs, which have proven to be a burden on the state, and the lawsuit Al-Turki filed against facility authorities for not providing him with treatment for his ill health.
Al Turki, according to Al-Nassar, has been suffering from acute renal complications since August last year.
