Saudi girl Samira, better known as “the Khamis Mushayt female prisoner”, received on Saturday SR500,000 from Crown Prince Sultan as support to get on with her life after she received a pardon and the case came to a close, Arabic daily Al-Watan said Sunday. Speaking to the paper, Samira expressed her thanks and appreciation to the Crown Prince for his generous gesture, which she described as fatherly. She also expressed her thanks to all who supported her during her 7-year ordeal behind bars. The ordeal ended for the Khamis Mushayt girl on April 13 last year when the Al-Kulais family announced their pardon for Samira, 26-year-old and mother of three, who was sentenced for killing Khalid Mohammed Kulais. It was said that the pardon was for Allah's sake and the ceremony took place at the palace of Husein Bin Sa'eed Bin Mushayt, Sheikh Shaml of Shahran tribes. Samira spent five years in the women's jail in Abha, during which she expressed remorse, turned to God and memorized the entire Qur'an. The pardon was in response to conciliation initiatives supported by the Crown Prince and Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, the then Emir of Asir Region and present Emir of Makkah Province. The ceremony was attended by a big number of sheikhs of tribes foremost of whom was the former governor of Khamis Mushayt Abdul Aziz Bin Mushayt. Others who attended the ceremony included Husein Bin Mushayt, Sheikh Shaml of Shahran tribes; Saad Bin Mufrih, Sheikh Shaml of Mughaid tribes; Mnahi Bin Shafloot, Sheikh Shaml of Obeidah tribes; Sheikh Mshari Bin Amer Al-Sa'eeri, Sheikh of Bani Sallool tribes; and Sheikh Haif Bin Mohammed Al-Fuwaih, Sheikh of Bani Waheb Shahran. __
