17 October 2012 :

a Saudi man convicted of raping a female member of his own family was beheaded by the sword in the city of Mecca, the Interior Ministry said. Faleh bin Ali Al-Oteibi was found guilty of forced incestuous sodomy, it said in a statement carried by the SPA state news agency, adding that he committed the act after drinking alcohol, banned in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom. The identity of the victim was not disclosed.