and three more to jail terms totalling 24 years over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October last year.
Mutreb is a senior intelligence officer and in the security team for the crown prince, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler and known as MbS. He appeared in photographs with the prince on official visits last year to the United States and Europe. Also facing death sentences were Fahad Shabib Al-Balawi and Waleed Abduallah Al-Shehri, both members of the Saudi Royal Guard, and Turki Musherref Al-Shehri, an intelligence officer, according to the UN report. The three were among 10 Saudi officials listed in the report as being at the consulate at the time of the murder.The former deputy head of general intelligence was among those sacked by King Salman. The prosecutor said he ordered the operation to repatriate - but not kill - Khashoggi.
The UN report said his presence as a look-alike who wore a false beard suggests the murder was pre-planned. It identifies Madani as a brigadier general employed at the royal palace. Qahtani used Twitter to attack criticism of the kingdom in general and MbS in particular. He also ran a WhatsApp group with local newspaper editors, dictating the court line.
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