Dubai: A man told a court on Sunday that he was too drunk when he cursed his ex-wife and threatened her with a cleaver if she did not have sex with him.

The Emirati man, 47, was said to have been drinking in March, and after his children went to school he went to his countrywoman’s majlis and asked her to open the door. When the woman did not respond, the man, who was heavily drunk, cursed the woman and called her a prostitute, according to the charges.

The woman saw him through a glass door holding a cleaver and threatening to kill her if she didn’t open the door for him and allow him to have sex with her.

The woman called the police and they arrived at the house in Al Quoz and detained the man. In the police car, he got angry and kicked the car door damaging it.

Prosecutors accused the man of threatening to kill his former wife and cursing her. He was also charged with causing Dh175-worth of damages to the police car door and drinking alcohol.

“I am mistaken. I shouldn’t have done what I did but I was too drunk. We have already reconciled and she [ex-wife] waived her complaint against me,” the suspect told the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday.

“Before you submit the waiver papers and claim that you have reconciled, first you need to enter your plea. Did you commit those accusations?” presiding judge Fahd Al Shamsi asked the suspect.

“I honestly do not remember. I was very drunk back then and do not recall what I did or said,” the 47-year-old replied.

The woman told prosecutors that she saw the suspect carrying a cleaver and a liquor bottle through the glass door of her majlis.

“Shortly after the children went to school, he knocked at the door and said he wanted to have sex with me. I did not open the door or respond. He knocked again and called me bad names. He shouted by saying ‘if you do not have sex with me I will slaughter you and your children’,” she testified to prosecutors.

The Indonesian maid confirmed the ex-wife’s statement.

A police sergeant testified to prosecutors that the suspect kicked and damaged the patrol’s rear door upon his arrest.

A ruling will be issued on December 27.