Clerk’s jail term for assaulting officer upheld

The

Dubai Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by a clerk who was sentenced to a year in jail by a lower court for resisting arrest during a sting operation and assaulting a policeman.

The sting operation was planned after an Indian manager reported to the Dubai Police that he had been conned by the 32-year-old Nigerian clerk in August 2017. As the policemen swooped on the Nigerian in Al Ghusais, he resisted arrest and assaulted one of the policemen, injuring him. (Staff Report)