Dubai: A maid has been jailed for three months for robbing Dh1,500 worth of valuables from her sponsor.
When the Jordanian sponsor’s sister searched the bedroom of the 38-year-old Indonesian maid, W.K., she found the stolen valuables and she also found witchcraft tools in the wardrobe in October.
The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted W.K. of stealing.
Meanwhile, the accused is also currently being tried before the Dubai Misdemeanours Court for practicing sorcery.
Presiding judge Urfan Omar said W.K., who pleaded a not guilty, will be deported after serving her punishment.
The defendant stole gold earrings, women’s clothing, accessories and a make-up set.
The Jordanian sponsor testified that W.K. had robbed them earlier too and they forgave her after she apologised and promised never to repeat it.
“My sister discovered that her earrings were missing … she suspected that the maid had taken the earrings because of the previous incident. My sister told the maid that she would be searching her bedroom and when she did, she found her earrings and other missing items. However, while she was checking her wardrobe, my sister found three pictures of my children pinned to the closet inside … obviously the accused had been trying to perform some sort of witchcraft on us as my sister also found pieces of paper with strange writing on them,” the sponsor testified.
Records said police arrived to the house and arrested the suspect.
A policewoman said when she questioned the defendant, W.K. admitted that she had stuck pins in the photos because she wanted to make her sponsor’s children love her through practising sorcery.
“She admitted that she could not complete her practice of sorcery,” testified the policewoman.
The defendant was cited as admitting to prosecutors that she robbed her sponsor and practised sorcery as well.
The primary ruling remains subject to appeal within 13 days.
