15 January 2009 :

the General Court of Makkah in Saudi Arabia sentenced a 24 year old Saudi man to execution for killing his father and brother three years ago, Al-Watan newspaper reported. The man was unemployed and was having continuous conflicts with his family, which ended up with him killing his father. According to the report, the son killed his father after an argument about going to Friday prayer, which the father believed would help his son improve his behaviour and get a job. The argument ended with the youth stabbing his father with a kitchen knife. He also fatally wounded his brother who rushed in to help their father. The man was originally sentenced to three years in prison and flogging on account of his psychological condition. This sentence was appealed, resulting in an increase to five years in prison and flogging. But after observations of the man’s behaviour in prison, his case was reviewed by the Makkah General Court, which then sentenced him to death.