Jordan overturns guard’s innocence charge
The Court of First Instance in Al-Salt, sitting as an appellate court, convicted an Egyptian building guard of committing an indecent act of flirtation towards a 9-year-old child, and sentenced him to one month in prison along with the court fees. The decision came after an appeal of the previous ruling, which had acquitted the defendant due to insufficient evidence. The court held that the proven acts—including kissing the child and touching him over his clothes while he was on his way to buy some necessities—constituted an assault on his modesty and a violation of public decency under Article 305 of the Penal Code. However, the court rejected the charge of displaying immoral acts or words under Article 306, due to the nature of the physical acts established. It also affirmed that the child's and his mother's testimony are supportive evidence, and that previous objections regarding jurisdiction or prior disputes do not impact the proof of the crime. Consequently, the defendant was convicted of the offense of indecent flirtation, while the charge related to displaying immoral acts was dismissed; he was sentenced to one month in prison.
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