01 April 2008

Man gets one-year jail for stealing car

The Court of Misdemeanour recently sentenced a 23-year-old Sudanese, W.Y., to one year in jail followed by deportation for stealing a car.

As per the court records, W.Y. stole a Honda car belonging to M.M. which was parked near the residence of the latter in Al Satwa area on February 2 this year.

During the trial, W.Y. denied stealing the car saying that an Indian national had brought the vehicle to him for repairing.

Police officer M.S. testified that W.Y. had admitted during interrogation that he took advantage of the fact that the car engine was running and stole it.

'He drove it in Dubai and Ajman. Later it got stuck in a hole in Maliha area in Sharjah after the gear lever broke,' the officer said.

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