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Paris (CNN) - Mohammed bin Salman's sister, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, was found guilty of ordering a bodyguard to beat and humiliate a local master craftsman who was renovating his luxurious apartment in Paris three years ago.
Princess Hassa bint Salman Al Saud received a suspended sentence of 10 months and was fined on Thursday for 10,000 euros ($ 11,000) by a French court.
She was sentenced in absentia and convicted of armed violence and complicity to retain someone against her will. His bodyguard received a suspended prison sentence of eight months and was ordered to pay a fine of 5,000 euros ($ 5,600).
Ashraf Eid, a French citizen born in Egypt, said the princess's bodyguard attacked him after she accused him of taking photos and videos of her in September 2016. He alleged that the guard hit him, tied his wrists, He aimed a gun at his head and ordered him to kiss the princess's feet.
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Emmanuel Moyne, Hassa's lawyer, told CNN: "With great disbelief and indignation we received ... this trial."
Moyne added that he would appeal the decision and prove that the princess is "totally innocent of the accusations made against her."
Eid said earlier that he was working in a bathroom in the department of the exclusive Avenue Foch in Paris, owned by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, and took photographs of the furniture "as a reference" when he noticed the reflection of the princess in mirror.
The bodyguard of Saudi princess Hassa bint Salman, Rani Saidi (center), leaves the courthouse in Paris on Thursday.
According to the version of Eid read in court in July, when the princess saw him, she allegedly ordered her bodyguard Rani Saidi to take her phone. Eid claimed that Saidi mistreated him and kicked him in the face.
Eid alleged that the princess insulted him and said: “They are all the same, bastards, dogs. They will see how they should talk to a princess, how to talk to the royal family. ”
He said Saidi put a gun on the back of his head and gave him two options: "Kiss the princess's feet or run the risk of an additional attack."
Eid complained to the police once he was released from the department. The police interrogated the princess for two hours and then let her go. Three days later, she left the country.
An investigative judge tried to contact the princess several times but was unable to contact her, and finally issued an international arrest warrant for her in 2017.
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