Put on Trial Saudi France

The sister of Saudi Crown Prince is to be put on trial in Paris next month for allegedly ordering her bodyguard to beat up a workman in the French capital.

The case against Princess Hassa stems from an alleged assault in her apartment

on the ultra-expensive Avenue Foch in west Paris in September 2016.

The trial is due to be judged on July 9,. 

The alleged victim has said

he was hired to carry out refurbishment work at Princess Hassa's apartment and that

 she became angry after he took a photograph, accusing him of wanting to sell it to the media.

He alleges the princess, said to be in her 40s, then ordered the bodyguard to beat him up.

the princess shouted: "Kill him, the dog, he doesn't deserve to live".

The workman says he was punched in the face,

his hands were tied and

he was forced to kiss the princess's feet during an hours-long ordeal.

His tools were confiscated before he was allowed to leave.

his injuries were so severe that he was ordered off work for eight days.

- Bodyguard charged -

The bodyguard was charged on October 1, 2016 with armed violence, theft, issuing death threats and

holding someone against their will.

Princess Hassa is likely to be absent from the trial

as she has not been apprehended under an international arrest warrant issued in 2017.

Lionised in the Saudi media for her charity work and women's rights campaigning,

Princess Hassa is sister to Prince Mohammed, one of the most powerful leaders in the Middle East.

The Saudi described it as a rogue operation that did not involve the crown prince.

Princess Hassa's legal case is not the first time Saudi royalty have had a brush with the law in France. (berurusan dengan hokum)

In 2013 French authorities ordered assets to be seized from Saudi princess Maha al-Sudairi, wife of the then interior minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz,

over an unpaid luxury hotel tab of nearly six million euros ($6.8 million).