A Saudi court ruling over the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi has drawn global outrage as it exonerated Saudi officials in the murder case of the dissident journalist.
Saudi Deputy Public Prosecutor Shaalan al-Shaalan announced the conclusion of the trial in the Khashoggi case. He said that out of the 31 suspects investigated in connection with the killing, 21 had been arrested and 11 put on trial.
Death sentences were issued for five people and jail terms totaling 24 years were handed down to three others. The remaining three, however, were found not guilty: Among them, Saud al-Qahtani, a former top adviser to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Ahmed al-Assiri, an ex-deputy intelligence chief, and Mohamed al-Otaibi, who was consul general in the kingdoms consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul when the murder happened