02 February 2008

Two cops get life term for rape

The Dubai Court of First Instance has sentenced two policemen - 25-year-old Yemeni identified as AS and 23-year-old Emirati identified as SM, to life in prison for being found guilty of rape.

Judge Abdul Majeed Mohammed Al Nazami also ordered the first accused to be deported after serving the sentence.

According to court records, the duo accosted an Uzbek woman, identified as AK, when she was walking toward her house in Freej Al Murar in the wee hours of a morning in July 2007. Since the woman was under the influence of liquor and had been illegally staying in the UAE, she tried to run away from the policemen. However, the duo pursued the woman to her apartment building and pinned her down in the staircase. Both of them then raped her one by one. Source

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