UAE | Crime

Employee jailed for hotel theft

A supervisor has been jailed for stealing a digital camera from one of the residents of a five-star hotel where he worked.

  • By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
  • Published: 00:28 April 10, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: A supervisor has been jailed for stealing a digital camera from one of the residents of a five-star hotel where he worked.

Dubai Court of First Instance sentenced the 34-year-old Sri Lankan thief to three months in jail. The Public Prosecution charged the accused, W.M., with abusing his supervisory job and stealing a digital camera from a hotel resident.

A 51-year-old British manager testified: "The surveillance cameras exposed the accused."

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