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Arab News
6 days ago
- General
- Arab News
Man jailed for illegal Hajj pilgrimage operation
RIYADH: A Saudi resident has been jailed for a year for setting up an illegal Hajj operation with the intention of obtaining funds through deception via social media. The public prosecution referred the defendant to the criminal court after he was found in possession of receipts connecting him to the criminal operation. A preliminary ruling sentenced him to one year in prison and imposed a 10,000 riyal ($2,666) fine, along with the confiscation of all devices and tools used in the crime. The public prosecution said the creation of fake Hajj operations was a major crime punishable by detention and added that it would continue to pursue those who broke Hajj regulations. Meanwhile, Hajj security forces arrested 36 residents who tried to enter Makkah without the correct permits. They were referred to the relevant authority.
Sky News
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sky News
Kim Kardashian's stylist Simone Harouche gives evidence in Paris robbery trial
Stylist Simone Harouche has told a court that on the night Kim Kardashian was robbed in Paris she was woken by the US star's screams of terror and feared she had been "raped or violated". Wearing a black jacket and bulky gold necklace, Ms Harouche, 45, spoke to Judge David de Pas in the Voltaire room of Paris's criminal court via an interpreter, describing the robbery that took place in the French capital nearly a decade ago. Ms Harouche, who says she has worked for Kardashian for many years and has been friends with her from childhood, told the court she was woken by "a sound I had never heard from Kim… It was terror". Sleeping in a separate apartment, on the next floor down from Kardashian's, she went on: "What I heard specifically was [Kim saying], 'I have babies and I need to live - that is what she kept saying… Take everything. I need to live'". She told the judge: "When I realised something terrible was going on upstairs and I realised it was not friends [in Kim's room] I started looking for my telephone and I started looking for something to help save mine and Kim's life." She went on to lock herself in her bathroom and hide in her shower, where she called Kardashian's sister Kourtney and texted her security guard, Pascal Duvier, telling them, "Something is very wrong… Kim is upstairs with men and we need help." She says minutes later, Kardashian entered her room, explaining: "To see my friend with her feet taped and a very light robe with nothing under, and all messed up and pulled, I thought she could have been raped or very violated." She said Kardashian was highly emotional, adding: "She was beside herself, I've never seen her like that before. She was screaming, 'We need to get out, what do we do if they come back? We need to jump from the first floor, we need to get out.'" Describing Kardashian as "not in her body", she said she thinks the star "was still in trauma" while they waited for help after the robbery, and went on to describe the scene following the incident as "very chaotic". Later on Tuesday, Kardashian herself will face 10 defendants who it is alleged pulled off one of the most audacious celebrity heists in modern French history in the early hours of 3 October 2016. The trial is now entering its third week. In the French capital for Paris Fashion Week, Kardashian has previously said she was home alone in the early hours of 3 October, while her sister Kourtney and entourage - including her security guard - went out clubbing. It's alleged that five masked men posing as police officers stormed the residence, with two entering Kardashian's room and robbing her at gunpoint. She says she was then bound and gagged with tape and cable ties and left in the bathtub. Police say the men escaped on bicycles, with around $9m of jewellery, including a $4m engagement ring from Kardashian's then-husband Kanye West. Most of the jewellery was never recovered. Ahead of her in-person appearance, Kardashian's lawyers said she was ready to "confront" her Paris attackers and intended to do so "with dignity and courage". Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
