An appeals court in Bahrain has handed a Saudi one year jail time for assaulting four police officers on the King Fahd Causeway. The trial court had sentenced him to three years, but it was reduced after the defendant filed an appeal at the higher court, Sabaq online newspaper reported.

The man attempted to force his way into Bahrain without completing entry formalities. When a police patrol asked him to stop, he refused and sped away. However he was detained at the security barrier on the bridge. He was arrested on the spot and when asked to get inyo the patrol car, he spat on the officers and struck some of them.