Doha Criminal Court has sentenced a Moroccan man to five years in jail and subsequent deportation for breaking into a shop and stealing 25 mobile phones, 100 watches, a laptop and some cash.

Local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported that the court has also sentenced the man to three more months in jail for being intoxicated while carrying out his crime. The issue started when the defendant was intoxicated one night and broke the door of a shop using an iron bar and grabbed many things before fleeing. The next day, the shop owner reported the issue to the police. The investigation led to the defendant.