UAE | Crime
Dubai Court hears case of man hit with concrete block
A worker who was hit in the mouth with a concrete block suffered a fractured jaw and permanently lost the ability to chew, a court heard on Sunday.
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 23:28 August 24, 2008
Dubai: A worker who was hit in the mouth with a concrete block suffered a fractured jaw and permanently lost the ability to chew, a court heard on Sunday.
Records confirmed that the Bangladeshi worker, M.A., sustained a 12 per cent permanent disability after his 27-year-old compatriot hit him in the mouth with a concrete block, breaking his upper jaw and front teeth.
"I didn't hit him with the block ... I only pushed him and didn't intend to hurt him," the unemployed Bangladeshi told Presiding Judge Saeed Salem Bin Sarm when he appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday.
The Public Prosecution charged the suspect, M.Y., with assaulting the 38-year-old victim, M.A., and leaving him with a permanent disability to his jaw.
The suspect, who is in detention, denied the assault charge but pleaded guilty to infiltration.
The victim testified two unidentified men aided the suspect and immobilised him. A medical report confirmed that the victim has permanently lost the ability to chew.
Share this article
Popular in UAE
-
Your pictures
Readers' pictures
The best reader pictures from around the UAE this week
Latest news
- Protect our children's health
- Rain hits parts of Dubai and Sharjah
- Shaikh Mohammad leaves for UK
- Ex-minister acquitted of defrauding woman
- Student tackles used cooking oil
- Road accidents the leading cause of brain injuries in Dubai
- No one wants to teach
- Notary phone bookings to start next month
- Move abandoned vehicles out of the way
- DIFF function to raise funds for Aids charity
- Seven held trying to fly from Abu Dhabi illegally
- Haj mission's H1N1 measures lauded
- Employer prosecuted for false accusation
- Number of Saudi students rises
- Petrol fumes at gas stations are threat to health
