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Twins beat up female cop at police station

- BY HAMZA M. SENGENDO

DUBAI: Two inebriated British twin sisters shoved down a policewoma­n and rained her with blows and kicks in front of a police station, a jury heard on Monday.

Both legal consultant­s, 37, pushed the Emirati victim, 28, and she slumped on her back, hitting her head on the ground. They reiterated an insult targeting her and all Arab women, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

This happened in front of Al Barsha Police Station on Aug.4, 2017. Nonetheles­s, they were at the forensic Department when THE irst DEFENDANT Injuriousl­y DUG HER “long” ingernails in the policewoma­n’s wrist. On the record, the police station received an alert that both sisters had boozed up and started wreaking havoc inside a hotel. An ambulance was dispatched to tend to THE irst one who HAD An arm injury.

An Emirati corporal said, “The second one was outside the ambulance shoutING. THE irst one AFTER RECEIVING irst aid stepped out of the ambulance and slammed its door on a paramedic‘s arm.”

The corporal and a Comorian policeman tried to talk both sisters into entering their patrol vehicle but they refused. They shackled them. They continued banging the vehicle’s windows and screaming.

Both cops failed to contain the situation. The police station’s Emirati captain dispatched the policeman in a support patrol to help apprehend them. The policewoma­n came with an Emirati sergeant. The policewoma­n said, “We took them inside our vehicle. We had just arrived at the police station when they pushed me down…i sustained Injuries on my RIGHT ingers, Elbow AND left pelvic area.”

The corporal said, “I saw both sisters sitting on the policewoma­n, thrusting blows on her.” The policeman said, “I heard a scream…one of them clutched the policewoma­n to the ground while the other kicked her.”

The police team managed to subdue both women and enter them inside a bus heading to the forensic department to examine them over the alcohol abuse. Cops took them inside one of the laboratori­es.

Both hurled an insult at the policewoma­n that also targeted all Arab women. The policewoma­n was holding the second defendant by the arm when the latter suddenly threw herself on the ground.

THE irst one Intervened By pushing the policewome­n away from her sister. She clenched the policewoma­n’s wrist, DIGGING HER long ingernails In It. Cops hauled them back to the police station. During court questionin­g one reiterated, “I am not guilty.” Hearing continues.

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