Authorities face revival of Gulf prince sex case

A diplomatic hot potato has been handed back to Czech authorities by the Gulf State of Qatar, according to the weekly Týden. The Gulf state has now officially informed Czech authorities that a member of the royal family will not be prosecuted for having sex with underage girls when he lived in Prague. Prince Hamid Bin Abdal Sani was found guilty of the offence and sentenced to two-and-a-half years by a local court in 2005. The then minister of justice quashed the sentence and turned over Sani to Qatar authorities to deal with. The official decision, which still has to be translated from Arabic, means that Czech authorities now have to decide whether to drop the case as well or re-launch it.