Dubai A man was jailed for one year for using hard and sharp objects to beat a detainee, who claimed he was assaulted for refusing to have sex with six men in confinement.
The Emirati man N.A. and five others, aged between 21 and 40, ganged up against the Emirati detainee and assaulted him with different objects inside the police detention in November 2013.
The Dubai Court of First Instance had earlier jailed the five defendants for one year each for beating and assaulting the detainee with a sharpened broomstick, a metal plate, small knife, nail cutter on their hands and legs and caused him a 25 per cent permanent disability.
N.A. was arrested later and tried, before the court jailed him for one year despite having pleaded not-guilty.
The five men, two from Comoros Islands, an Omani, an Iranian and one who does not hold any personal identification papers, also face a deportation order.
The 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 surrounded me and assaulted me. They kicked me in my face and removed all my clothes and sprinkled hot water and urine on me. One of them assaulted me with a nail cutter, while another suspect assaulted me with a sharpened plate. They beat me with a broomstick … they also shaved my hair. I was also punched and kicked brutally. 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…,” he claimed.
Dubai Police’s forensic medicine report confirmed the detainee 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.
Besides the Emirati detainee’s statement, records did not mention why the latter was assaulted.
