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Scott Forrest, An oil worker charged with beating a fellow Scottish expat to death on an oil rig in Qatar could face the death penalty if convicted, with the alleged victim’s family having the final say. The man arrested on Monday after the incident at the Seafox Burj platform in the Persian Gulf has now been identified as Scott Forrest, 43, from Maud in Aberdeenshire.
A third Scotsman, Chris Begley of Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire, is believed to have been attacked with a pipe when he intervened. He was treated for head injuries and later released from the hospital. The deceased man has not yet been identified. He is believed to have been Forrest’s roommate and authorities say he was attacked with a tank of breathing apparatus.
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All three men work for Aberdeen-based Ocean-Film, which supplies remote-controlled vehicles and specialists to the offshore industry. A Qatari lawyer has now said hanging for murder is common in the oil and gas-rich Gulf state, but families may have the final say.
“The punishment would be to execute him, but if the murdered’s family forgives the person who committed the act, the sentence would be reduced,” the lawyer told the Press and Journal. He added: “The judges have to ask the two families involved. Christopher Begley was injured and another man was killed in a violent incident at the Seafox Burj in Qatar.
“If the killer’s family tells the judge that they have an agreement with the victim’s family, they should come to Qatar. “They said to the judge: ‘Yes, we have a settlement. We agree to forgive. In that case, it would be a long prison sentence instead of execution.
“If the victim’s family pardons the killer, the sentence could be up to 10 years. It depends on what the judge understands of the families of the two parties.” Legal proceedings can take up to a year if the case goes to court. The lawyer added: “If there are not many witnesses, it may take two or three months, but if they want to bring witnesses, they may not be in Qatar, it will take longer.”
Meanwhile, a relative of Forrest told the Daily Record on Thursday evening: “We are shocked. We haven’t had any contact with Scott since he happened. And a former colleague told the Scottish Sun: “Shocked is an understatement. He was my supervisor and he was a nice guy.
“I never thought in a million years that he would be involved in something like this. He was decent and funny. What the hell was going on there?” Rig workers took to social media to condemn conditions on board the Seafox Burj platform in the aftermath of the tragedy in the early hours of Monday morning.
One worker said: “It’s all two or four-person cabins on the Seafox. All the men in the cabins are usually all on the same shift. The place is absolute rubbish, the food is a space and so are the facilities. Oh yeah, and let’s not forget he’s infested with bed bugs.”
He added: “Nobody ever knows what his cabinmate is dealing with in his private life, hence (in my opinion) the need to divide cabins day and night so that everyone can have some privacy and time for me”. Other employees spoke of serious problems in the oil industry, particularly in the Middle East, causing workers to “burst out laughing”.
An official from the Qatari Interior Ministry said: “Law enforcement agencies are investigating a December 12 incident at an offshore facility. The incident involved three British citizens who worked for a contracting company. “One person suffered fatal injuries, another was hospitalized and released. A third person has been detained as part of a criminal investigation by the relevant authorities.”
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