UK court sentences prince to at least 20 years

In this handout image issued by the Metropolitan Police, Bandar Abdulaziz,a servant who was killed by Saudi Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud

LONDON—A British court has sentenced a Saudi prince to at least 20 years in prison for beating and strangling one of his servants at a swank British hotel.

Justice David Bean sentenced Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud to life in prison with a 20 year minimum for the brutal assault at the Landmark Hotel in London on Feb. 15.

Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw says the prince had abused his aide in the past and that photographs stored on a mobile phone “plainly proved” that there was a “sexual element” to the abuse.

Bean says that while it is unusual for a prince to be a defendant in an murder case, “No one in this country is above the law.”

The 34-year-old prince’s grandfather is a brother of the current Saudi king.

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