Man caught with 15 fake credit cards

Dubai: An unemployed man facing charges of using 15 fake credit cards to buy more than Dh200,000 in goods -- including gold and lingerie -- failed to appear in court on Wednesday.

The Pakistani suspect, T.B., 42, was charged in the Criminal Court of First Instance with forgery, illegally presenting official documents, 20 counts of embezzlement, identity theft and impersonation.

Records revealed that the suspect forged the credit and labour cards in the name of other men. A witness testimony revealed that T.B. visited Al Atheer Jewellery on January 2, 2011, round 8pm, on one of his shopping sprees.

E.A., a 46-year-old salesman in the shop said T.B. picked out 16 gold bracelets and a necklace after browsing for a while in the store. T.B. asked the salesman to pack the items and E.A. told him his bill was Dh15,682 and asked him how he'd like to pay. T.B. allegedly presented a credit card from Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. After the card was declined, the suspect forked out a second credit card from Emirates NBD. According to E.A., he became suspicious, but did not reveal his doubts, but instead deluded T.B. into thinking he was preparing the jewellery boxes for his purchases. Records revealed that the witness called Dubai Police and reported the incident.

Before his arrest, T.B. was allegedly in another jewellery shop at the Gold Souq and reportedly used fake credit cards in the name of Z.A. According to records, T.B. bought gold worth Dh16,440. Prosecutors said T.B. used what looked like valid labour cards under fake names of Z.A. and M.A. Those names were also used on the fake credit cards. To verify his credit card, he would present labour cards with the same false name. The next hearing is on May 4, 2011.

Murder denied

Dubai: Eleven men denied charges of premeditated murder of a rival bootlegger before the Court of Appeals on Wednesday.

The men, 10 Indians and one Pakistani, aged between 20 and 29, were said to have used swords, wooden rods and iron bars as weapons to kill the victim. A lower court earlier sentenced one of the suspects to life imprisonment, while another got 10 years and nine others got 15 years each in jail.

Records revealed that the victim and three unidentified individuals formed a bootlegging gang and attempted to sell alcohol in the same area.

Prosecutors said the suspects allegedly beat up the victim before strangling him with a piece of cloth and then buried him near Ibn Battuta Mall.

All suspects denied the charges when they appeared for the first time in the Criminal Court of First Instance on June 29, 2010.

The next hearing for appeal is on April 27.

Kiwi love triangle: Sex trial postponed

Expats involved in a sizzling love triangle had their hearing postponed when their lawyer requested an extension on Wednesday.

Advocate Sulaiman Lutfi asked the Misdemeanor Court judge for a postponement in order for a witness to show up.

The New Zealander, T.C., along with both women - 31-year-old Briton, D.S., and 25-year-old Brazilian, P.F., attended the hearing in chamber 5 of Dubai Courts.

T.C. denied having consensual sex with them when he attended his first hearing last February 16. The women also denied the charges in court.

Prosecutors charged the women with allowing T.C. to have illicit sex with them.

Records show P.F. walked into the New Zealander's apartment and caught him in bed with D.S, just shortly after they allegedly broke up.

Prosecutors charged P.F. with threatening D.S. and T.C. at knifepoint and wrecking some of his furniture. P.F. denied the charges but claimed she was intoxicated.

A few weeks prior to their first hearing, the suspects were released on bail from Bur Dubai Police Station, where they were detained.

The defendants were arrested after T.C. reportedly called the police and complained that P.F. walked into his flat and found him with D.S. and threatened them at knifepoint.

Investigators discovered that T.C. had consensual sex with each of the two girls.

The next hearing is on May 11.

Villa break-ins : Duo charged with 4x4 thefts

Two men accused of stealing jewellery, electronics and vehicles from villas while their owners are away denied on Wednesday their alleged involvement in two break-ins in Dubai.

The Kyrgyz suspects -A.M., 29, and A.E., 31 -were charged with breaking into two villas in an unspecified area of Dubai and stealing cars.

Both suspects allegedly confessed their crimes to prosecutors during investigations.

The first theft occurred on August 1, 2010, in which prosecutors alleged that the two men broke into a villa and allegedly stole a Range Rover, as well as three laptops and some gold jewellery, records show.

An Emirati policeman told prosecutors that the suspects confessed to selling the Range Rover.

Prosecutors said the suspects also broke into another villa and stole a Land Cruiser. The court will issue a verdict on April 27.

Cable theft: Two suspects deny charges

Two men denied charges on Wednesday of stealing electronic cables from a villa construction site and reselling them for Dh2,000.

The Pakistani suspects, M.A., 43, a driver, and E.M., 30, a worker, were charged with cutting cables from a villa in the Al Marmom area.

The incident was said to have occurred on March 14, 2011 at about 5pm, records show. An Indian houseboy, F.A., 22, said he heard noise coming from a nearby villa still under construction, and when he went to investigate, he found one of the suspects cutting the cable.

Records show that when F.A. asked who they were, the defendants told him that they had authorisation to cut the cable.

F.A. wrote down the defendant's white pick-up truck's number and told his employer of what he saw, records show. The next hearing is on April 27.