Prostitute acquitted of stabbing pimp to death

Dubai: A woman has been acquitted of killing a man, whom she claimed to be her pimp, after he assaulted her.

The 25-year-old Bangladeshi woman, N.B., had a heated argument with the pimp, F.S., who had been drinking liquor, before he assaulted her after a prostitute ran away from the flat in August.

Citing insufficient evidence, the Dubai Court of First Instance cleared N.B. of stabbing F.S. and killing him intentionally.

A 28-year-old Bangladeshi woman, H.S., was also acquitted of aiding and abetting F.S. by inciting her to kill the deceased.

F.S. told N.B. that she had to pay him Dh6,000, according to records, after the other prostitute ran away and that she had to sleep with men to earn that Dh6,000.

Presiding judge Urfan Omar convicted N.B. of working in prostitution and jailed her for one year.

Meanwhile H.S. was jailed for one year for running the flat [inside which the murder happened] as a brothel.

A third Bangladeshi woman, M.B., was also jailed for one year for working as a prostitute in the same flat in Al Muraqqabat.

Records said after the victim assaulted N.B., H.S. gave the 25-year-old a knife and told her to kill F.S.

N.B. and H.S. had pleaded not guilty and denied the accusation of premeditated murder.

Dubai Police’s forensic examiner said the victim sustained severe knife cuts in the main veins and arteries of his left thigh before he succumbed to the severe bleeding.

“The flat in which the crime happened will be shut down and placed under the supervision of the Dubai Public Prosecution. It cannot be reopened except following prosecutors’ permission. The three defendants will be deported following the completion of their punishments,” said presiding judge Omar.

An Iranian testified that a woman [N.B.] knocked on his door at 5am wanting to enter his flat and hide from the police.

“Her clothes were soaked with blood … I prevented her from entering my flat. I walked out of my flat and saw blood stains all around the walls and the stairway. I went to the next floor and found blood stains on the door of flat number 4. Then I knocked on my neighbour’s door [flat 3] and he called the police,” he claimed.

A police lieutenant testified that primary investigations revealed the involvement of N.B. and another man [A.H.] in the killing.

“A.H. was arrested two days later. Further questioning revealed that he was present in the flat but ran away once the fight between N.B. and F.S. started. He did not witness the stabbing incident. The 28-year-old woman was arrested in Al Ain. During questioning, she claimed that the victim had convinced her to leave her sponsor’s house in Abu Dhabi where she had been working as a maid. Then he made her work for him in prostitution until the other prostitute ran away. She alleged that F.S. asked her to pay him Dh6,000 and told her that she had to sleep with men until she earned that amount. N.B. further alleged that after the victim assaulted her when she called the police … H.S. handed her a knife that she used to stab F.S. in his leg,” claimed the lieutenant.

According to Monday’s ruling, N.B. and H.S. were absolved of any liability pertaining to the murder.

Monday’s ruling remains subject to appeal within 15 days.