Woman kills lover, cooks his remains

Accused dismembers body, minces flesh in blender and serves it as a dish to workers

AMoroccan woman living in Al Ain stands accused of dismembering her boyfriend, and serving his remains cooked with rice which she served to a group of construction workers near her house claiming it to be machboos (a rice and meat dish).

The rest of the victim’s remains were thrown to the neighbourhood dogs.

Yet to be brought before a courtroom, the woman is facing a slew of charges for butchering her lover after he told her that he would marry his cousin who is also from Morocco, according to Al Ain Public Prosecution.

The case came to light when the victim’s brother went looking for his sibling at the couple’s home and allegedly found a human tooth in a blender. The brother, an Ajman resident, reported his findings to police after filing a missing person report in January.

When he confronted the accused, the woman denied any knowledge of the latter’s whereabouts and contended that she had thrown him out of their shared living quarters after finding out about his wedding plans.

Al Ain Prosecution sources confirmed to Gulf News yesterday that the woman was arrested some months after the murder. Sources in Al Ain Police declined to release more details.

DNA tests confirmed that the traces of the remains found in the blender matched those of the deceased.

During questioning, sources told Gulf News that the woman, who is in her 30s, told police that she wanted revenge for having been dumped by the victim after seven years of financially providing for him. She confessed that she had murdered her lover in an act of revenge, but pretended to be mentally ill and insisted that she had committed the crime in a state of insanity. She was sent to a hospital for medical tests. The victim was in his 20s. Accotrding to sources, the woman asked a friend, who came to visit her, to help her clean the apartment of blood and some of the remains.

The woman admitted that she used her blender to mince the body and then cooked the flesh along with rice to prepare the dish.

The case is still with public prosecution. the