Two jailed for kidnap and assaulting man

Two men have been sentenced to six months in jail after kidnapping a man from a desert trip in Dubai.

According to the Dubai Court of First Instance, the two defendants aged 26 and 27, kidnapped the victim while he was sitting with a group of friends at a desert camp in Al Ruwyyah in February this year.

Records showed that the defendants assaulted the victim over an old dispute before they kidnapped him. He was locked in a house at Ned Al Hamar. Later, his bloodstained clothes were changed and he was allowed to leave.