Dubai: Six men were jailed for one year each for using hard objects and sharp hand-made weapons to beat a detainee, who claimed he was assaulted for refusing to have sex with them.
The six men, aged between 21 and 40, ganged up against the Emirati detainee and assaulted him with different objects inside police detention in November 2013.
The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the defendants of beating and assaulting the detainee with a sharpened broomstick, a metal plate, small knife, nail cutter and their hands and legs and causing him a 25 per cent permanent disability.
The six were identified as two from Comoros Islands, an Omani, an Iranian, an Emirati and one who does not hold any personal identification papers.
Presiding judge Fahd Al Shamsi said the non-Emirati defendants will be deported following the completion of their punishments.
The Emirati defendant and one of those from Comoros Island were sentenced in absentia.
The Emirati detainee said he was in bed when the defendants stormed into the cell at the detention centre.
“I was assaulted by 11 men, including the defendants, at 10pm although I did not have any disagreements or grudges with any of them. When they walked into the cell, one of them said that I was arrogant and behaved like a boss in confinement. They said they wanted to have sex with me… but I told them that I was not a homosexual. They assaulted me and kicked me in my face... One of them assaulted me with a nail cutter, while another defendant assaulted me with a sharpened plate. They also beat me with a broomstick and shaved my hair. They broke my jaw and three teeth. I had severe bruises and injuries all over my body during the assault that lasted nearly three hours. I collapsed on the ground…,” claimed the detainee.
Dubai Police’s forensic medicine report confirmed that the victim lost the capability to chew properly and his left ear was injured and his upper and lower jaws were fractured.
Records said the detainee was hospitalised for nearly two weeks and underwent several surgeries.
Only one suspect was quoted admitting that he assaulted the detainee.
Besides the Emirati detainee’s statement, records did not mention why the latter was assaulted.
