Worker strangles girlfriend to death

dubai — A domestic helper has gone on trial in Dubai on the charge of strangling his girlfriend to death.

The Court of First Instance was told that the 31-year-old Nepali worker was with his compatriot on May 20 in his room at his sponsor’s villa in the Emirates Hills. He strangled the woman and then pushed her, causing her head to hit a sink in the bathroom. He has been charged with murder and having illicit sex. He denied he meant to kill the victim.

The body was found by a Pakistani irrigation worker. “I was doing some gardening work around 6.20am when I found a woman’s body. I called security guards and the police arrived later,” the 32-year-old witness said.

A Filipino clerk, 43, said he spotted the victim entering the villa around 1.30pm from the garbage collection room. “The following day, I heard that a woman’s body was found. I went to Al Barsha police station to give a testimony, as told by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers.”

The police apprehended the accused at 11am the next day near the villa after gathering information he had a close relationship with the victim.

The defendant led the police to his closet, where he had hidden the victim’s belongings.

According to the forensic report, the body was discovered and examined in less than one day after the crime.

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