Aussie facing 500 lashes participating in Saudi Arabia
Consular officials arrange contacted Almaribe several time by phone since his arrest within mid-November, and were within the courtroom in the recital of the verdict.Australian officials supposed they were informed he was convicted of blasphemy and making notes insulting to prophet Mohammeds relatives.His sentence was originally two years imprisonment along with the 500 lashes, but the courtyard bargain the sentence by a time, consular officials held. It was vague once the pouring punishment force be alive agreed in a daze.Blasphemy is punishable by up to a death sentence under the strict Muslim law dressed in Saudi Arabia.CNNs Mohammed Jamjoom contributed to this details.