Dubai maid who tried to commit suicide is jailed for theft
Filipina, 25, had hidden a number of items, including 8 gold necklances, in travel bag
Dubai: A Dubai maid who attempted to commit suicide inside her employer’s villa was sentenced to three months in jail for stealing jewellery, clothes and watches that belonged to her employer.
According to the Dubai Court of First Instance, the Filipina maid tried to commit suicide by having 14 paracetamol pills at one go, but she was rescued and admitted to hospital.
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Her employer went to the maid’s bedroom to collect her passport when she found the stolen items stored in a travel bag.
The court ordered to deport the defendant after she had served her jail term.
The 34-year-old Emirati employer testified that the 25-year-old maid was employed at her house in Al Qusais of Dubai since last December.
The maid tried to commit suicide in March this year.
“She [tried to] commit suicide, but was rescued and admitted to hospital. When Dubai Police asked for her passport and I went back to the house to get the passport, I discovered that she had hidden the stolen items in her bag,” said the Emirati employer on record.
The maid had stolen eight gold necklaces, earrings, a ring, three mobile phones, a charger for Apple products, clothes, three hand bags, five wallets, six watches and seven bras.
“I alerted Dubai Police who went with me to the hospital. While I was speaking to her, I saw her wearing my silver bracelet. She admitted to the theft and returned it back to me,” added the Emirati woman.
The verdict will be subject for appeal within 15 days.