Kuwaiti Snapchat maid employer sentenced to prison

Last March, Adesech Sadik made global headlines after a harrowing 12-second video of the encounter showed the maid screaming "hold me, hold me", while her employer stood recording the scene.

The employer came under worldwide condemnation as she shouted: “Oh, crazy, come back” during the recording. The viral video shed light on abysmal working conditions for blue collar workers in the Gulf Arab nation.

After battling the courts for over a year, the employer was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison, Kuwaiti media reported late last week.

Sadik miraculously survived the seven storey fall with a broken arm after she fell onto a metal awning beneath. She was later rushed to Mubarak hospital where she was being treated for her injuries.

She had attempted to escape via the window in the Sabah al-Salem neighbourhood after she her employer locked her in the house, a member of the prosecutor’s office said at the time.

Days later, Sadik spoke to Ethiopian media after the fall to debunk rumours that she had attempted suicide:

"I was trying to save myself; my employer locked me in the bathroom and was about to kill me. She wanted to throw my body out without anybody finding out, so instead of staying there, I jumped," she said.

Sadik returned to Ethiopia where she was welcomed home by her family in August last year after completing medical treatment in Kuwait.