Man jailed for taking bribes from prisoners

Legal and Court Correspondent

Awaiter lost his appeal and will be jailed three months for accepting recharge cards as bribes, in return for giving extra meals to prisoners at Dubai Central Jail.

In May 2018, Dubai Police were informed that the Indian accused, 23, who worked for a catering company that delivers meals to jails, had been taking phone recharge cards from the prisoners, in exchange for delivering extra meals.

Dubai Police commissioned an informant inside the jail to communicate with the waiter and have him deliver an additional meal in return for phone credit.

Police arrested the man during the sting operation, in which he was caught taking Dh110 in recharge credit, after he had delivered an extra meal to the informant.

In October, the Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the defendant of abusing his job and taking Dh110 in phone recharge credit as a bribe.

The accused appealed his primary punishment before the Dubai Appeal Court, seeking to acquit himself.

Presiding judge Eisa Al Sharif dismissed the defendant’s appeal and confirmed his three-month jail sentence. He also upheld the defendant’s fine of Dh5,000.