Dubai: A Pakistani woman lost her appeal on Sunday after a court convicted her of killing her countryman whom she claimed constantly tried to have sex with her. The 30-year-old Pakistani woman, A.G., was said to have stabbed her compatriot, businessman I.J., to death and stolen his two mobile phones following a financial dispute.

Since the interrogations started, the defendant repeatedly claimed that she was forced to defend her honour and stabbed the victim with a kitchen knife when he allegedly tried to rape her.

The Dubai Appeals Court rejected A.G.’s appeal to commute her 15 years in jail.

The court confirmed the primary judgement.

Presiding judge Eisa Al Sharif also dismissed prosecutors’ appeal to increase the punishment to capital punishment.

“The accused will be deported after serving her punishment,” said judge Al Sharif

“I did not kill him intentionally. I was defending myself because he initiated the attack. He always harassed me,” claimed A.G. when she defended herself in court.

Dubai Police’s forensic examiner confirmed in his statement that the victim was stabbed 12 times in his abdomen.

According to the appellate judgement, the claimants under civil rights [the victim’s blood parents] lost their appeal because it was submitted after the 15-day deadline.

Prosecutors said A.G. and a Pakistani man, M.F. [who remains at large], had preplanned the murder. They got a knife and lured I.J. to a room that he had rented for the woman. Then they stabbed him repeatedly until he dropped dead before fleeing the country the same night.

Court records said the woman was arrested at Dubai International Airport when she returned to the country last year.

A.G. met the deceased two years prior to the incident, according to her prosecution statement.

“I.J. repeatedly said he liked me and constantly offered me money to sleep with him. He lent me money to open a salon. I signed two cheques as guarantee.. When I failed to pay him back he complained to the police. Later I.J. dropped the cases against me after I agreed to have sex with him. He rented a room for me in a villa in Al Rashidiya… I refused his sexual advances. He molested me and tore my chemise… we scuffled and I stabbed him,” claimed the accused.

Sunday’s judgement remains subject to appeal before the Cassation Court within 30 days.