There may be several such hearings before the final verdict is given, the lawyer, Kateb Al-Shammary told Arab News.
Al-Shammary told Arab News that he was hopeful the case would end in Nafeek’s favor. The girl, who arrived in Saudi Arabia as a housemaid, had no training to be a nanny. A four month old baby had died while apparently being bottle fed.
Saudi courts had condemned Rizana to death on a 'confession'.
The girl had appealed saying she did not understand Arabic and was confused by the proceedings and had not confessed to murder.
Rizana had been sent by a job agent on a passport with a falsified birth date, as she was underage. At the time of the infant's death she had been 17 years old.
According to the passport, her date of birth was Feb. 2, 1982 while a copy of her birth certificate gave the