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Couple jailed for assaulting technician

- DUBAI

couple was sentenced in absentia to three months in jail for assaulting a technician who was snoozing on a sofa in a building lobby.

The 54-year-old Swedish technician was fatigued and napped while waiting for his wife, who was in the washroom in May 2016. Suddenly he felt a slap on his cheek and woke up to find some British citizens walking out of the lobby. When he confronted them, he was assaulted. A 21-year-old woman and her countryman were found guilty of the assault by a Dubai court. (Staff Report)

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