Maid guilty of spiking UAE sponsor’s tea with her urine

Dubai: The Dubai Misdemeanors Court has sentenced an Indonesian housemaid to two months imprisonment after she was found guilty of endangering the lives of her sponsor and his family by contaminating the tea she made for them with her urine.

Prosecutors said the 26-year-old defendant identified as D.R. did this to her sponsor seven times in April.

During questioning, the defendan she did not have any criminal intention as she believes that her sponsor will treat her better if she made them drink her urine.

“I peed in the tea that I served them nearly seven times last April. My sponsor’s wife constantly complained against me. My countrywoman advised me to pee in the bathtub of my sponsor’s washroom and urinate in the tea before serving it to them. I did so nearly seven times until I got exposed. When the wife confronted me, I told her what I did. I used to urinate in a cup inside my washroom and then would go and pour some of the urine in her bathroom,” the defendant said.

The Emirati sponsor testified that he reported D.R. to the police after he discovered four pools of urine in the washroom on different occasions.

“Every time I asked her about the urine, she denied any responsibility. However, on the day when I took her to the police in my car, she admitted that she peed in the bathroom and tea kettle to enchant us and treat her better,” he claimed.

The defendant has filed an appeal to overturn the lower court’s decision.

She is scheduled to appear before the appellate court on October 9.