Man stabs worker, says didn’t want to kill him

DUBAI — A man claimed that he only meant to scare his fellow worker, and not kill him, when he randomly stabbed him in the chest during a fight among several people at their labour accommodation.

The 27-year-old Nepalese man is believed to have been drunk on December 20 last year, when he got engaged in a fight among labourers which ended in a death. The accused has been detained after the case was first reported at Jebel Ali police station.

The defendant denied at the Court of First Instance the charge of unintentionally causing the death of a man. He confessed he had consumed liquor prior to the incident. The other people, who got involved in the fight, have been referred to the Court of Misdemeanors.

The accommodation supervisor, a Pakistani, said he learned about the incident from a worker around 4.30pm. “When the victim was taken to hospital, he was still alive. By the time I reached there, I found he had died.”

The 30-year-old supervisor told the prosecutor that from the accommodation surveillance cameras, it appeared that the victim and the accused initiated the assault.

“They chased the accused into his room where the stabbing happened. However, the incident was out of the cameras’ scope. The workers, including the victim, had gathered near the washroom and planned to attack the defendant. The latter acted in self-defence.”

A police lieutenant said the defendant was arrested right after the stabbing was reported at the crime scene.

According to the forensic report, the cause of death was the severe internal haemorrhage. The deep stabs cut through the left lung and the heart. The victim was then under the influence of alcohol.

A footage showing five people kicking and beating a man has been attached to the case file.

The defendant will be sentenced on March 31.

The workers, including the victim, had gathered near the washroom and planned to attack the defendant. The latter acted in self-defence.” Supervisor witness