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Asian sentenced to death for raping child in Abu Dhabi; Kuwaiti jailed 10 years for killing 'lazy' maid

A court of appeals in Abu Dhabi upheld a previous court ruling and sentenced an Asian cleaner to death after he was convicted of raping a 7-year-old school girl.

Police had arrested the cleaner at the school following a report by the girl’s parents that he forced her into the kitchen where he works and raped her.

He then threatened to kill her if she tells anyone at school or home. But her mother discovered the crime when the girl went home and changed her school dress.

“Her mother and aunt noticed there was blood in her clothes…after pressing her, the scared girl told her mother what happened,” Emirat Alyoum daily said.

The defendant had appealed the death sentence on the grounds he confessed to the crime under duress. 

The appeals court dismissed his claims and sentenced him to death. It also rejected a demand by the victim’s family for Dh5 million damages from the school and referred the case to the civilian court.

Source: Emirates 24/7, February 26, 2015


Kuwaiti beats maid to death... as punishment

Jailed 10 years for killing her

A Kuwaiti criminal court sentenced a local man to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of beating his Asian housemaid to death.

Police had arrested the man on suspicion that he was responsible for the disappearance of his maid, the Arabic language daily 'Al Watan' said.

Investigation showed that the man was behind her death after the discovery of her body, which was buried in a nearby area.

The paper said the man confessed to occasionally beating his maid with the help of his wife on the grounds she was lazy.

“He told court that he wanted to punish the maid and that he did not intend to kill her,” the paper said without mentioning making any reference to the man’s wife.

Source: Emirates 24/7, February 24, 2015

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