Natour Brothers Sentenced to Prison, Payment of Fine over Spoiled Meat Case
The Natour brothers, who were charged with processing and selling spoiled meat and other food products, were sentenced to prison on Wednesday and to the payment of LL1 million each.
According to the state-run National News Agency, Judge Ghassan Tanious al-Khoury sentenced Samih al-Natour to three years in prison and to pay a LL1 million fine, while his brother Suleiman was sentenced to two years in prison and LL1 million fine.
The two brothers were also accused of the attempted murders of the consumers to whom they knowingly sold the food.
The judge also convicted the Global company for meat and food trade to pay LL10 millions.
In March 2012, the Ministry of Economy’s Consumer Protection Directorate raided the warehouse owned by al-Natour brothers in the Sabra area in Tarik el-Jadeedah where they confiscated 25 tons of expired meat.
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