Supporters light
candles during a
pryaer vigil fo
May Veinca in
Manila last year.
Before the pardon
was granted, her
death sentence
had been
commuted to life
imprisonment.
candles during a
pryaer vigil fo
May Veinca in
Manila last year.
Before the pardon
was granted, her
death sentence
had been
commuted to life
imprisonment.
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May Vecina was convicted of killing employer's uoung son
MANILA
The ruler of Kuwait has pardoned a Filipino maid who was convicted of
murdering her employer's seven-year-old son, and she will soon be allowed to
return home to her family, Philippine officials said.
A Kuwaiti court convicted May Vecina of slitting the throat of 7-year-old Salem
al-Otaibi with a kitchen knife in January 2007. She was also found guilty of
attempting to murder the boy's 11-year-old brother and 18-year-old sister, who
both survived.
MANILA
The ruler of Kuwait has pardoned a Filipino maid who was convicted of
murdering her employer's seven-year-old son, and she will soon be allowed to
return home to her family, Philippine officials said.
A Kuwaiti court convicted May Vecina of slitting the throat of 7-year-old Salem
al-Otaibi with a kitchen knife in January 2007. She was also found guilty of
attempting to murder the boy's 11-year-old brother and 18-year-old sister, who
both survived.
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The pardon
means she is
free to leave
Kuwait, and
officials said she
was expected in
Manila in the
next few days
means she is
free to leave
Kuwait, and
officials said she
was expected in
Manila in the
next few days
Her lawyer said she was "temporarily
insane" because of the employer's alleged
mistreatment.
Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah commuted
Vecina's death sentence to life in jail last
year, and he has recently pardoned her, Vice
President Noli de Castro said in a
statement.
The pardon was signed June 1, said Ed
Malaya, spokesman for the Foreign Affairs
Department.
insane" because of the employer's alleged
mistreatment.
Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah commuted
Vecina's death sentence to life in jail last
year, and he has recently pardoned her, Vice
President Noli de Castro said in a
statement.
The pardon was signed June 1, said Ed
Malaya, spokesman for the Foreign Affairs
Department.
"I thank the Filipino people for their prayers and we are very grateful to the
Kuwaiti government and the Emir for his compassion," de Castro said,
adding that Vecina will soon be heading home to be reunited with her family.
Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo also thanked Kuwait's leader for his
"magnanimity and compassion."
Vecina was sentenced to death by a criminal court in July 2007, and Kuwait's
highest appeals court upheld the sentence nine months later, but the emir
commuted her sentence to life in prison last year.
The pardon means she is free to leave Kuwait, and the Philippine
ambassador to Kuwait, Ricardo Endaya, said she was expected in Manila in
the next few days.
Kuwaiti government and the Emir for his compassion," de Castro said,
adding that Vecina will soon be heading home to be reunited with her family.
Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo also thanked Kuwait's leader for his
"magnanimity and compassion."
Vecina was sentenced to death by a criminal court in July 2007, and Kuwait's
highest appeals court upheld the sentence nine months later, but the emir
commuted her sentence to life in prison last year.
The pardon means she is free to leave Kuwait, and the Philippine
ambassador to Kuwait, Ricardo Endaya, said she was expected in Manila in
the next few days.
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