Saudi princess faces verdict in French 'beaten workman' case


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  • Thursday, 12 Sep 2019

Yassine Bouzrou, a lawyer for the bodyguard of Saudi Princess Hassa bint Salman, speaks to the media at a courthouse in Paris, France, Tuesday, July 9, 2019. The only daughter of Saudi Arabia's King Salman was put on trial in absentia Tuesday in Paris for allegedly ordering her bodyguard to strike a plumber she suspected of taking photos and video at the Saudi royal family's apartment in the French capital. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PARIS (AFP): A French court will rule Thursday whether a sister of the Saudi crown prince had a hand in the alleged beating of a workman who carried out repairs in her luxury Paris apartment.

Hassa bint Salman, daughter of King Salman, is a sister of the kingdom's powerful de facto ruler, crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, known widely by his initials "MBS".

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