Saudi jailed for battering wife

From The BBC

I wonder how often this really happens and if she was not a celebrity would the Saudis have done anything at all?

A Saudi man who severely beat his TV presenter wife has been sentenced to six months in prison and 300 lashes, a Saudi newspaper reports.

Ouch!

Mrs al-Baz suffered 13 facial fractures and agreed to let papers print images of her injuries to raise awareness of a problem affecting the whole kingdom.

I'll try and post the picture. I'm still learning this photoblogging thingy from Blogspot.

Earlier, an attempted murder charge against al-Fallatta was dropped.

Well, after all it was only 13 facial fractures. I mean it wasn't like the guy was trying to kill her; he just wanted to "keep her in line". Religion of peace at work again.