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Clerk who killed guard faces death

Dubai: A clerk who murdered a guardsman and set a showroom on fire after failing to steal Dh458,000 faces capital punishment. This was confirmed by Dubai's highest court on Monday. The Dubai Court of Cassation issued an irrevocable death sentence which was upheld against 24-year-old clerk, Abdul Sabour Khan Mo'men, for premeditatedly killing the 32-year-old guardsman, arson and attempted robbery.

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Dead warlord Is ‘still alive’

A warlord is still alive two months after he was murdered outside a Dubai apartment block, his brother has claimed. Businessman Isa Yamadayev made his claims seven weeks after Dubai police launched a murder investigation into the killing of his brother, Sulim. Isa angrily claimed Sulim survived the attack, even offering to have his brother hold up a newspaper with yesterday’s date to prove he is still alive. Isa, who has a share in several Moscow construction companies, made his claim to the Izvestia daily newspaper in Russia. This is the latest bizarre twist in the shooting of Sulim Yamadayev, an archenemy of president, Ramzan Kadrov. Both Isa and Sulim’s wife claimed to have seen Sulim alive at a Dubai military hospital hours after he was supposed to have been murdered with a golden gun outside Jumeirah Beach Residence on March 28.

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Woman is threatened

A man threatened to make up lies about a hospital worker unless she had sex with him, a court heard. The man met the woman when he went to the hospital for an appointment, Dubai Court of First Instance was told yesterday. The pair struck up a friend-ship over the phone, but when the woman refused to date him, he made threats. The 24-year-old defendant has been charged with using threatening behaviour.
The victim said: “He called me during Ramadan asking to go out with me and I promised to see him after Ramadan but I didn’t.” She said the defendant went crazy and started calling her saying he would hurt her if she did not go out with him. The defendant has pleaded not guilty and the trial has been adjourned.

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Jailed for forging credit cards

Two men have been jailed for a year after forging 17 credit cards and then going on a shopping spree with them in Dubai. The men went to an electronics shop in Deira City Centre and tried to buy a dhs12,000 laptop. But the salesman became suspicious when the card was refused and then they produced another card in someone else’s name. The police were called and the men confessed to officers they had entered the UAE on fake passports. Forged documents were found in their flat in International City. A third man, is thought to also have been involved and is at large.

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Police called after attack in school

Two intruders entered Wellington International School in Dubai and beat up a 14-year-old boy, a school spokesman said. The pair, about 16 years old, are believed to have been settling a score. The fight was stopped by staff and the boys were taken to the school office.
Neither were pupils at the school. The school spokesman said the injured boy returned to school the next day. “Police were called. They identified and dealt with the two intruders. We reported the incident to parents immediately and have also reviewed the security procedures around the school perimeter. The matter is in the hands of the Dubai police,” he said. He added the school’s security system worked like clockwork once the incident was reported to school authorities and that police have spoken to the parents of both boys.

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Drug smuggler caged

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for possessing and trading 250kg of hashish. In one of the largest ever drug cases handled by Dubai Police, the Anti Narcotic Department caught the 36-year-old Afghani man in a sting operation. In September 2007, the force received information about a second suspect in a foreign country who had 750kg of hashish - worth dhs9.7 million - and was looking for a buyer in the UAE.

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Dubai Police Bust More Drug Trafficking Bids

DUBAI — A number of drug trafficking attempts were busted in the first quarter of the year by the Dubai Police anti-narcotics officers.
Director of Anti-Narcotics General Department of Dubai police Brigadier Abdul Jaleel Mahdi told Khaleej Times that as many as 170 narcotics cases have been registered in the first three months of the year compared with 132 over the same period in 2008 – a 29 per cent increase.
“The number of implicated in drug-related cases have also increased by 48 per cent with 273 persons captured in the first quarter of this year compared to 185 persons in 2008,” he said. “The amounts of narcotics seized increased by 56 per cent to 68 kg in 2009 and 43 kg in 2008.”

Khaleej Times
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Driver Acquitted of Having Sex with Schoolgirl

DUBAI — The Dubai Court of Appeals recently acquitted a school bus driver of the charge of having sex with a minor girl and quashed the 10-year jail term and deportation awarded to him by the Criminal Court of First Instance on November 20 last year. The defendant was accused of having sex with the 12-year old girl who used to travel in the school bus driven by him. Presiding Judge at the Court of Appeals Issa Mohammed Sharif said the case was mainly based on the statements of the girl’s sister which were contradictory. As per the medical report, there was no evidence of the girl having had sex close to the date the police complaint was filed.

Khaleej Times
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A sex assault in lift

A woman was sexually assaulted in a lift by a stranger just a week after arriving in Dubai, a court has heard. The victim, a 27-year-old Sri Lankan saleswoman, said she was in the lift at her building in Deira when a man got in and started up a conversation with her. In her testimony at Dubai Court of First Instance, she said: “He asked for my telephone number. I refused but he insisted and blocked my way until I gave it to him.” She said the man then grabbed her and kissed her. “I pushed him away and ran to my flat. I was scared, especially when I heard him running after me. I opened the door quickly and then fell inside crying. “This is the first time something like this has happened to me. I only arrived in Dubai a week before. “I called my husband, who came and then I complained to the police.”

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Salesman accused

A salesman stole dhs754,500 from his company, Dubai Court of First Instance heard. The 27-year-old defendant has been charged with embezzlement, forging documents and using them to steal goods. He worked for a company in Rashidiya supplying construction equipment for a year and a half, but after leaving the firm, it was discovered he had been forging receipts, the court was told The suspect has pleaded not guilty and the case has been adjourned to a later date.

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