Inside the imposing sand coloured and fortress-like walls of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh there is a perhaps justifiable sense of pique.

The San Francisco controller’s office also estimates shutting down the road to cars could save the city up to $700,000 annually in sand removal and other maintenance issues that regularly close down the highway.

But by the time it reached their bowls, much had been siphoned off by rear units, and the remainder had been cut with sand.

On the night of the attack, the two women were sitting on the sand where they had lit a fire.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson ultimately ruled against his ownership claim, writing in a 2014 judgment, “Thomas’s testimony was like sand in the wind — constantly shifting and changing its shape.”