Khaleej Times

Man lured with massage card, robbed of Dh60,300

- Marie Nammour mary@khaleejtim­es.com

dubai — Four women, who kept a man against his will inside a flat and robbed Dh60,300 from him, were sentenced to six months in jail each on Monday by a Dubai court.

The Dubai public prosecutio­n accused the four Nigerian women, aged between 28 and 33, along with other runaway female accomplice­s, of luring the Nepali man into their flat with a massage advert they had left on a business card along with a mobile number.

However, it was only when he entered the place that he realised that it was just a trick. He was locked in, tied up and subjected to threats of death and physical torture, while being robbed of Dh60,300.

The women were convicted by the Court of First Instance of illegal confinemen­t under intimidati­on and threats of death and physical torture and forcible robbery. They will be deported after completing their jail terms, the court ordered.

A complaint was lodged on June 10, last year, at Al Rafaa police station.

The complainan­t, a 33-year-old driver, said that he found a massage card. “I contacted its number on WhatsApp and I was led to a flat. When I got inside, eight African women pounced on me.”

The defendants were also charged in a similar separate criminal case in which they lured and robbed a man. The defendants can appeal the court ruling within 15 days.

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