They WILL find the individual, but justice is slow to work here. You need to keep harping on them or it will move to the back burner.
If you can, have a Qatari friend/colleague help you maneuver the system. On your own it sucks.
I was victim of a hit and run a few years ago. Minor injuries, thank God. Guy eventually turned himself in (I had a partial plate and description, so they were just about to arrest him), saying he had to rush his family home and that's why he didn't stop (yeah, right).
It took me almost TWO YEARS to get the matter settled in court here and have his insurance pay out for my totalled car.
Courts were on holiday for the summer, then I needed doctors at Hamad to sign off on my file for the court, then the cop on the scene wasn't available, then the dweeb who hit me never showed up to court dates for months on end -- meanwhile I had dutifully taken off work to show up at court each month.
Judgment was eventually given in my favor, but I never received any of the QR 3000 judge said I was owed for my injuries, nor did I ever hear confirmation that guy was fined/ticketed for hit and run or overtaking on left.
My additional expenses (rental car, buying new vehicle, broken eyeglasses and other material inside vehicle) were unrecoverable.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou
They WILL find the individual, but justice is slow to work here. You need to keep harping on them or it will move to the back burner.
If you can, have a Qatari friend/colleague help you maneuver the system. On your own it sucks.
I was victim of a hit and run a few years ago. Minor injuries, thank God. Guy eventually turned himself in (I had a partial plate and description, so they were just about to arrest him), saying he had to rush his family home and that's why he didn't stop (yeah, right).
It took me almost TWO YEARS to get the matter settled in court here and have his insurance pay out for my totalled car.
Courts were on holiday for the summer, then I needed doctors at Hamad to sign off on my file for the court, then the cop on the scene wasn't available, then the dweeb who hit me never showed up to court dates for months on end -- meanwhile I had dutifully taken off work to show up at court each month.
Judgment was eventually given in my favor, but I never received any of the QR 3000 judge said I was owed for my injuries, nor did I ever hear confirmation that guy was fined/ticketed for hit and run or overtaking on left.
My additional expenses (rental car, buying new vehicle, broken eyeglasses and other material inside vehicle) were unrecoverable.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou