Saudi authorities arrested a local father who locked up his little daughter for nearly 14 years in her room until she became an adult.
The man was still holding his daughter inside her room although she has grown up and police said they were investigating him to determine his motives, the Arabic language daily Sharq reported.
“What this man has done to his daughter illustrates the ugliest form of family violence,” the paper said.
Police had raided the man’s house in the western town of Yanbu and found the girl, now in her 20s, locked up in a room, supplied with a bed, fridge, toilet, a television set and other facilities.