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Policeman acquitted in brothel case
A policeman has been acquitted of unlawfully revealing secrets and alerting a brothel run in hotel rooms of impending police raids, a court ruled on Tuesday.
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 23:42 December 23, 2008
Dubai: A policeman has been acquitted of unlawfully revealing secrets and alerting a brothel run in hotel rooms of impending police raids, a court ruled on Tuesday.
The Dubai Court of First Instance also cleared the 34-year-old Yemeni suspect of failing to report a crime over uncorroborated evidence.
Presiding Judge Saeed Salem Bin Sarm also acquitted a 45-year-old Uzbek woman of running a brothel because of poor evidence.
Records alleged that the Yemeni, A.A., abused his authority as a first policeman when he reportedly warned the Uzbek lady, identified as N.J., that the police were about to raid the hotel rooms which she allegedly ran as brothels.
"I didn't do it and I am innocent," argued the first policeman when he defended himself before the court.
N.J. also pleaded not guilty and asked the judge for a swift ruling because she wanted her deportation processed quickly.
The Public Prosecution charged A.A. with revealing secrets related to his work in his capacity as a first policeman and alerting the woman of police moves. An Emirati police brigadier testified that an informant tipped them off that A.A. was alerting N.J. about every raid.
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