A Dubai Court last Sunday sentenced a Nigerian cleaner to one year in prison for nearly killing a man. The 29-year-old cleaner battered the victim’s head with a stick following a heated
argument and caused him a haemorrhage in May 2016.
The victim, whose nationality remained
undisclosed in records, was taken to hospital where doctors performed
urgent and life-saving surgery on him as he had suffered a haemorrhage.
Surgeons lifted the victim’s skull to be able to reduce the haemorrhage that had resulted in the man losing consciousness.
Law
enforcement officers arrested the Nigerian, who was identified from the
surveillance cameras installed at the building where the incident
happened at 7.15pm.
The
Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the cleaner of assaulting the
man and causing him a permanent disability. The Nigerian had pleaded
innocent in court.
A
police corporal testified that a person reported to them that someone
had assaulted the victim, who was rushed to a hospital as he bled
profusely from his head.
“The caller informed the police that the
beaten man had an argument and quarrelled with the defendant, who
battered his head with a stick. The caller said the man collapsed on the
floor and lost consciousness. The surveillance cameras at the building
where the assault happened clearly showed the Nigerian assaulting the
man.
“The defendant was taken into custody. During questioning, he
admitted that he had a heated argument with the victim … the argument
developed into a fight. The accused said the man grabbed a stick and was
about to attack him when he took it away and beat him. The accused
admitted the victim fell down after he hit his head … he then threw away
the stick and left the place,” the corporal said.
Medical reports confirmed that the victim’s head injury still requires medical follow-up.
The primary judgement remains subject to appeal within 15 days.
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