Jail term stiffened for man who killed friend

Legal and Court Correspondent

Astudent who killed his best friend with a pair of scissors had his seven-year prison sentence increased to 15 years, after he lost his appeal yesterday.

The 26-year-old Pakistani defendant stabbed his Emirati best friend with a pair of scissors in his neck and killed him following a heated argument at the latter’s residence in August 2017. The Emirati victim had invited a countryman friend and the accused at his residence for a stay-over.

Heard shouting

In the afternoon, the Emirati was heard shouting the student’s name before he was seen by the housemaid bleeding from his neck.

The Filipina maid instantly ran to the room of the Emirati’s uncle and told him what she had seen and then hid in her room.

Police inspections revealed that the Emirati had been stabbed with a pair of scissors in his neck and succumbed to the injuries.

In July, the Dubai Court of First Instance jailed the 26-year-old accused to seven years in jail. The defendant appealed his primary judgement before the Appeal Court and sought a lenient punishment.