Labourer kills masseuse for chucking him
A labourer murdered a masseuse for breaking her promise to marry him despite having taken his Dhs7, 000 on purpose, a jury heard on Sunday.
The Asian defendant, 30, strangled the Asian victim with his hands and smothered her with a towel inside a spa on the eighth floor of a hotel in Al Mankhool area at around 6:30pm on Dec.16.2018, records showed.
He admited murder. Did you have a murder motive? “Yes,” he replied to the judge. However, he denied having stolen her mobile. The Dubai Criminal Court adjourned the hearing till Mar.31 to find him a lawyer.
Before police and prosecutors, he said he went to a massage spa in Al Karama. She massaged him. They had a physical affair. She was beautiful. He requested to marry her and offered Dhs5, 000 if she accepted the proposal.
She accepted and took the money. They continued chating on Whatsapp. He kept sending her phone credit. On Nov.20 she told him she was sick. He gave her Dhs2, 000 for treatment. He later told her he became insolvent.
On Dec.14 he was astonished to notice she blocked his number. He got very disappointed. He searched for her via social media and found her photo on Imo and a contact number. He contacted the number posing as a client.
A male recipient directed him to the spa in Al Mankhool. He arrived and asked to be massaged by her. A clerk asked him to pay Dhs100. The woman demanded he should add Dhs60. He paid Dhs160 and entered with her in a room.
He disrobed and instead asked her for an affair. She refused and said she was there to massage him only. He angrily told her he had come to have an affair with her. She maintained her stance, insulted him and utered words against his mother.
A fight broke out. She scratched his face inflicting a bruise on his right brow. He clutched her and seized her neck. She slumped face down and started bleeding. He continued squeezing then covered her mouth and nose with the towel to lid her screams.
He vowed not to leave her until she was dead. The gruesome atack lasted for ten minutes. He confirmed she breathed her last. He covered her face with the towel, snatched her mobile, ran to his apartment, changed clothes and slept.
In the morning he rushed to his workplace and applied for leave. The mater had reached police. CID personnel neted him in Al Muhaisna around 11am. He confessed and took them to his apartment and surrendered the mobile.