UAE | Crime
Man found guilty of assaulting and cursing wife sent to prison
A court has found a 38-year-old Briton guilty of abusing and threatening his wife.
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 23:21 November 14, 2008
Dubai: A court has found a 38-year-old Briton guilty of abusing and threatening his wife.
Consequently, he will spend three months in jail, after the Dubai Appeal's Court confirmed the initial ruling.
Record shows the Briton threatened to smash his wife's head against a wall until "she was dead" if she ever came near their son or did not leave the family home immediately.
Permanent disability
The family's Filipina housemaid said in her testimony that she saw her sponsor leave the house wearing a bloodstained bathrobe after the fight.
The wife's statement to the Public Prosecution, read: "You will leave the house within 20 minutes and if you ever come near my son I will keep smashing your head against the wall until you die... I will bang your head against the bed until your bones crack," she quoted her husband as saying.
The accused had earlier admitted fighting with the wife, but denied that he threatened her.
The Public Prosecution charged the man with causing his wife a five per cent permanent disability.
He was also charged with threatening to kill her.
His wife said he beat and cursed her when he was under the influence of alcohol.
"He beat and kicked me then banged my head on the floor repeatedly ... he kept on beating me with a wooden stick until it broke."
"He switched of the air-conditioning and smoked a cigarette before he threatened me," the 43-year-old said.
The Filipina housemaid said: "I woke up about 4am, the lady of the house was crying and her husband was yelling. I heard him threatening her. I saw her leaving in her blood-stained bathrobe."
The Briton confessed to slapping and beating his wife with a stick in addition to throwing objects at her.
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