Man gets 5 years in jail for stabbing two maids

dubai — An Afghan resident, who attacked two women in their flat with a scalpel, stabbing them several times, after they invited him over for sex, was sentenced to five years in jail. He will be deported after serving his jail term.

The 22-year-old man, who works as a baker, denied earlier an attempted murder charge in the Court of First Instance, claiming he did not have any intention to kill them.

The incident took place on March 26, last year, in Freej al Murar, Naif.

One of the victims, a 30-yearold Bangladeshi maid, said it was on a Saturday when the defendant attacked her and another woman. “Few minutes after he entered our flat, he attacked me with a scalpel, stabbing me in the face, neck, chest and shoulder. I fainted and fell down. He then went for the other woman.”

The other victim, a 35-year-old Indonesian, recounted to the investigators how the accused stabbed her all over her body. She claimed she had recovered of her injuries.

A police sergeant said: “We chased him in the patrol car and then on foot. We surrounded the area where the crime took place in Iyyal Nasser. He was bleeding all the way and it helped us track him.”

The accused had a cut in the left thigh. His clothes were covered with blood.

Another police officer said they cordoned the flat off as they waited for the crime scene experts. “The victims looked terribly injured and in a state of panic.”

A medical test which the first victim underwent showed she suffered of AIDS and the police had to place her in a separate cell in jail.

During the investigation, the accused admitted he wanted to kill the two women when he attacked them with the scalpel.

In the remarks made by the public prosecution, they said that the intention to kill was present on the day of the incident given the nature of the stabs which could have been deadly had it not been for the urgent hospitalization. The baker may appeal the ruling.

We chased him in car and on foot. He was bleeding all the way and it helped us track him Police sergeant, testimony