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by Galaxity 1554 days ago
I'm very skeptical that an Australian in a foreign residential compound was decapitated for that. I can't find anything with Google. Isn't alcohol allowed for foreigners in those places? Do you know anymore that you can tell us?

I could see a Saudi Arabian being executed but as other people said it's not a capital offense.

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She was a 10 or 12 year old at the time. So her memory of the details would be in question. Notwithstanding, there is data to support that alcohol related offences are punished by execution [1]. They seem to make a difference between production of alcohol within Saudi Arabia and consumption.

[1] https://deathpenaltyworldwide.org/database/#/results/country...