A Kuwaiti woman who killed her Asian maid has had her 15-year jail sentence reduced to seven years by an appeal court. 

The woman, who has not been named, reportedly hit the maid with "iron and wooden objects", then pushed her into a bathtub and left her motionless for 10 hours until she died. 

The reduced jail sentence came after the charge against the woman was amended from charge from "intentional killing" to "beating that led to death". 

Posted by Brian Whitaker, 22 April 2010.