Massage session costs an Arab Dhs25,600
DUBAI: The Dubai Court of Appeal upheld a ruling by the Court of First Instance, imprisoning an African for 3 years over holding a person and assaulting him, and stealing Dhs25,600 from him in complicity with 2 women and 2 men.
The convict was also fined Dhs25,600 to be paid collectively with the other convicts (fugitives). He would be deported ater serving the terms, the Court ruled.
Earlier, in January 2020, a man filed a report stating that he had been assaulted ater being lured by a gang to a hotel room. This was ater he had been tempted by a picture of a prety European woman on promoting flyers placed in his vehicle’s window. The card he found was advertising a centre providing massage services. He contacted the centre where a girl answered the call and sent to him the hotel’s location details and service price.
The victim explained that he was surprised by an African woman receiving him in the hotel room and pushing him inside. He also found three men and two women of the same nationality who beat him up until he broke his artificial tooth.
Then, they tied his feet and hands, and took his wallet that contained Dhs12,000 and two bank cards through which they withdrew Dhs13,600 ater they forcibly got their PINS. Ater that, he was gagged and photographed naked with one of the two women.
Then, they fled the room leaving him entirely cuffed, however he was able to free his hands and exit the room. He then filed a complaint with the police.
A cop, a witness in the case, testified that the investigation team was able to identify the convicts ater collecting evidence and reviewing footage of the surveillance cameras installed in the hotel. The police arrested the convict and two other people involved in several reports of the same criminal method.
The Criminal Court sentenced the convicts to 3 years in jail and fined them Dhs25,600 collectively to be followed by deportation. The judgment was upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Recently, an African duo were arrested and referred to the Dubai Criminal Court on robbery charges ater luring a man through fake massage service, and robbing him of over Dhs32,000.