Dubai: A former policeman landed in court on Thursday to face charges of forging three sick leave certificates — making it the third case of its kind in November.

The 27-year-old Emirati man, H.H., was said to have forged three sick leaves certificates bearing the Health Ministry’s stamps as well as doctors’ signatures and handed them to his superiors at Dubai Police.

Records said the incident took place in October 2012 when H.H. was still serving at Dubai Police. Meanwhile, he was identified as unemployed as per prosecution records. “No, I am not a forger. I did not forge any document or use it,” he said before the Dubai Court of First Instance.

His lawyer asked presiding judge Wajdi Al Menyawi to adjourn the case until he presents his defence on December 26.

Earlier this month a policeman who tampered with two medical reports by changing the number of sick days from one to two to get longer leave, was sentenced to three months in jail.

Meanwhile a woman doctor and a policewoman stood trial last week facing joint charges of forging pre-dated medical leave so the policewoman could travel abroad.

Prosecutors said H.H. filled in the sick leave forms and signed on behalf of two doctors before submitting them to his superiors.

Records said the defendant forged the stamps of the Health Ministry, Dubai Healthcare City and a Dubai-based clinic.

A Sudanese doctor testified that the police came to his workplace in February this year and asked whether he had issued sick leave for H.H.

“The policemen showed me a sick leave that had been processed from my workplace and bore my signature. Immediately I informed them that the signature was forged. The handwriting was also different from my writing,” said the doctor.

Meanwhile an Emirati woman doctor testified: “Police came to the health clinic where I worked. They showed me a sick leave that was issued in the name of the clinic… I told them that I had not signed that leave. The stamp and handwriting were also different.”

Prosecution records said the defendant was granted three days’ sick leave.

The trial continues.