According to a Saudi newspaper, a Saudi court sentenced an expatriate to 10 days in prison for disturbing his neighbours with his barking dog.
According to Okaz, the defendant raised a dog inside his apartment in a residential building in Jeddah, but two neighbours found the animal's barks disturbing and filed legal complaints.
Neighbors complained that the dog had caused harm and panic. The case was referred to the court.
In the hearings, the dog owner called the complaints "baseless", accusing children in the building of disturbing his animal and causing it to bark.
Following the hearings, the expatriate was convicted of breaching public morality, jailed for 10 days, and ordered to stop rearing dogs in residential apartments.
According to the paper, an appeals court confirmed the ruling.