Duo jailed for robbing two sisters

dubai — Two men have been jailed for three months by the Dubai Court of First Instance for assaulting two Nigerian sisters in their hotel room at night and stealing Dh1,000 and a handbag from them.

The duo has been found guilty of trespass, theft and causing damage to private property.

The two men — an Emirati and a Comoros Islands passport holder — were accused of assaulting the two sisters and locking them up in the bathroom, and stealing a handbag.

The Comoros Islands passport holder will be deported after completing his jail term. The two convicts took the cash they found in the handbag and then burnt it with the personal documents that were inside, including a passport and visa of one of the women. One of the convicts said they went to the hotel room to meet prostitutes.

One of the sisters, a 27-year-old on a visit visa, said they were at the room when they heard a knock on the door. “The moment I opened the door, two men pushed me inside and went in. They dragged us to the bathroom and locked us there,” she told the prosecutor.

The incident was reported on October 29 last year in Jebel Ali.

A policeman said : “After his arrest, the first accused claimed he had gone to the hotel room after he was given the address by a woman he had met online. He was to have sex for money. But three women who were in the room threatened him and forced him to pay them all his cash (Dh400).”

The convict claimed he rejected their offer for sex and left. “He sought the help of his friend to go back there to get back his money.

They went back to the hotel room and stole the bag which contained one of the women’s papers and Dh1,000. They set it on fire later in the desert and split the money.”