Al-Amoudi wins damages


Issue 906 - 06 Aug 2011 | 2 minute read

The UK High Court has rejected as false and libellous allegations that Ethiopian-born billionaire Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi wanted his daughter Sarah stoned to death in Saudi Arabia (GSN 893/14). Al-Amoudi, who is believed to be worth $12.3bn and is 63rd on Forbes’ list of the world’s richest people, was also accused of supporting terrorism and having links to the 2004 killing of four US defence contractors in Iraq.

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