Dubai: A worker has been accused of buying two delivery motorcycles from two schoolboys who had used a screwdriver to steal the motorcycles from a printing house and a catering company.

The 32-year-old Pakistani worker, M.B., was said to have bought the motorcycles from the schoolboys, an Iranian and a Pakistani, in January and February last year.

Prosecutors accused M.B. of possessing stolen motorcycles.

Meanwhile the Family and Juveniles Prosecution charged the schoolboys, both aged 17, with using a screwdriver to steal the motorcycles on different dates.

The 17-year-old suspects are standing trial before the Dubai Juveniles Court.

Meanwhile, M.B. pleaded not guilty when he appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Tuesday.

The Pakistani suspect was prosecuted twice since he has been accused in two separate cases.

According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said M.B. possessed a Suzuki motorcycle in one case and another different-branded motorcycle in a second case.

“I had nothing to do with the two thefts. I was not aware that the motorcycles which I purchased were stolen … I am not connected to the thefts,” the suspect told presiding judge Mohammad Jamal.

In the first case, an Indian driver, who worked for the printing house, testified to prosecutors that his motorcycle was stolen over a weekend.

“I parked it at 7.30pm in front of the printing house on a Thursday evening … when I returned to work on Saturday morning, it had disappeared,” he claimed.

A police lieutenant claimed to prosecutors that primary interrogations led to the arrest of the schoolboys in October 2015.

“During questioning, the suspects admitted that they had stolen nearly 50 motorcycles from different places in Dubai. They also admitted that they had stolen the Suzuki motorcycle and sold it to M.B. They also claimed that they used an electric wire to switch on the motorcycle and steal it,” the lieutenant testified.

In the second case, a Filipino driver claimed to prosecutors that the motorcycle was stolen from the catering company’s parking lot in January 2015.

In both cases, the schoolboys were cited as admitting to prosecutors that they had stolen the motorcycles and sold them to M.B.

The trial continues.