Washington, Aug. 7 -- Saudi national Homaidan bin Ali Al Turki has left the United States and is currently en route to the Kingdom, after serving a 19-year prison sentence.

His son, Turki Homaidan Al Turki, shared the update on Thursday, August 7, on X.

"My father, Hamidan Al Turki, is heading home. We thank God first, then we thank the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince, and we appreciate the efforts of the Kingdom's embassy, which played a major role in his return," Turki wrote.

Video clips shared online showed Al Turki at the airport and onboard the flight returning to Saudi Arabia.

Al Turki was arrested in 2006 in the US state of Colorado on charges of mistreating his Indonesian maid, including allegations of h...