Five Asians jailed for murdering compatriot

DUBAI: The Dubai Court of First Instance sentenced five Asians to three years in jail, to be followed by deportation on charges of assaulting a compatriot and causing him injuries which claimed his life.

The Appellate Court increased the sentence to 5 years and upheld the deportation.

The details of the case that took place in the Naif area in Dubai date back to May 2021, when the Operations Room of the Dubai Police received a report alerting that an Asian was assaulted on the public road by several people. Instantly on receiving the report, a police patrol and an ambulance rushed to the scene, where it was found that the victim had died.

The police arrested all the suspects, and the first confessed that he connived with the others to assault the victim because he reported him to the police, which resulted in his arrest.

Another suspect confessed that he received a call from the first suspect, asking him to go to his place to have lunch with him and the rest of the suspects. He added ater they ate their food, the first told them he was angry with the victim because he reported him to the police, which led to his arrest, and that he wanted revenge.

The rest of the suspects confessed that they searched for the victim who they found in the Naif area in Dubai, where they beat him up on different parts of his body until he fell to the ground. They denied their intention to kill him.

According to the forensic report, the victim died as a result of abrasions to the neck, a wound and bruising to the scalp, a fractured skull and bleeding as a result of an assault with beatings and a fall.

Recently, an Asian killed a fellow girl with the help of three others over a financial dispute between the victim and the murderer’s friend.

The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced them all to seven years in jail to be followed by deportation and fined them Dhs200,000.

The case dates back to August last year when a team of detectives from Dubai Police moved to scene of a murder in Al Nakheel area in Dubai, where they found the body of an Asian girl inside her room who was apparently stabbed.

The detectives gathered information and were able to identify the suspects who were found to be four Asians, two of whom entered the victim’s house and fled the place several minutes later.

Two of the suspects were arrested immediately and the other two were caught while trying to leave the country via Sharjah airport.