Suicide bid was to draw attention to unpaid salary, accused says
Argues his objective was to scare employer into releasing his wages
Dubai: A worker was fined Dh2,000 for getting drunk and attempting suicide but insisted he was only trying to get his company's attention after not being paid his salary for four months.
"I intended to frighten my employer and attract his attention because I was miserable and in a destitute situation; I was penniless and had not received my salary for nearly four months. I did not have any intention to commit suicide," said the Indian national when he defended himself before the Dubai Misdemeanour Court.
Prosecutors charged the worker, in his 20s, with attempted suicide and consuming liquor.
Defence plea
When the defendant appeared in courtroom five, he admitted that he consumed liquor but contended that he never had any intention of ending his life when he slit his wrist with a razor.
Presiding Judge Ebrahim Khalil Abu Shamma fined the defendant Dh1,000 for drinking and Dh1,000 for attempted suicide.
Court records showed that the defendant's colleagues found him lying unconscious in a pool of blood in the workers' accommodation with his wrist slashed.
The defendant told prosecutors that he had not received his salary for a few months and only sought "to frighten his employer".
"I did not intend to kill myself at all," he insisted.
"When my colleagues found me bleeding, they called the police," he told prosecutors.
