UAE | Crime
Driver to be executed for slitting man's neck, storing his body in freezer truck
A driver has failed to convince the Dubai Appeal Court to reduce his capital punishment after he pleaded not guilty to premeditatedly slitting his friend's neck over a financial dispute
- By Bassam Za'Za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 15:27 February 8, 2012
Dubai A driver has failed to convince the Dubai Appeal Court to reduce his capital punishment after he pleaded not guilty to premeditatedly slitting his friend's neck over a financial dispute.
Early Wednesday morning, the Dubai Appeal Court's Presiding Judge Moustafa Al Shennawi rejected the appeal lodged by the 23-year-old Bangladeshi driver, M.C., and confirmed his guilt in the premeditated murder.
"The court has unanimously rejected M.C.'s plea and upheld the death sentence against him," said the Presiding Judge Al Shennawi in courtroom on Wednesday.
Refrigerated truck
The court found the accused guilty of leaving his countryman in a refrigerated truck for hours before slitting his neck in cold blood over a financial dispute. He was found guilty of committing a premeditated murder associated with theft.
Senior Chief Prosecutor Sami Al Shamsi, Head of Bur Dubai Prosecution, had asked the court to implement a capital punishment against M.C.
Prosecutors said the accused preplanned the manslaughter after he deceivingly convinced his compatriot to meet him behind the Gold Souq to resolve their financial dispute. When the victim arrived at a sandy spot, M.C. kicked him hard on his private parts and when the latter collapsed he locked him up inside the fish refrigerated truck four hours.
M.C. drove the freezer to Dubai-Al Ain Road, parked in front of a mosque, took out the victim, whose eyes were still blinking, then stabbed him in the back, chest and slit his neck.
The appellate judgment remains subject to appeal before the Cassation Court within 30 days.
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