Dubai: A brother and sister have been acquitted of shooting a video of two policemen handcuffing the brother and putting him in a police car following a traffic accident.

The Egyptian woman had denied breaching the two policemen’s privacy when she used her mobile phone to take video footage of them handcuffing her brother and putting him inside the police car in Hor Al Anz in April.

Meanwhile the brother also denied using physical force and resisting arrest and verbally threatening the policemen when he entered his plea before the Dubai Misdemeanours Court.

The court cleared the Egyptian brother and sister after their lawyer, Ali Abdullah Al Shamsi, contended that his clients did not commit any wrongdoing or act punishable by law.

Records said the sister was driving and her brother was in the passenger seat when she called the police after she had an accident.

A heated argument developed between the brother and the policemen, according to prosecutors, while the policemen were preparing the accident report.

Al Shamsi argued before the court that the woman suspect did not breach the policemen’s privacy as she took video footage in an open and public place and not in a private location.

“She did not publish the footage on the internet or any social media network. She took the footage to document that the police had handcuffed her brother unlawfully and put him in a police car. The male suspect did not use any form of force with the policemen, who tried to arrest him against his will. What they did is not considered a crime. Why was he apprehended in the first place? Actually he was a victim and not a suspect,” Al Shamsi contended in court.

According to prosecution records, the sister abused the telecommunication system [a mobile phone] to breach the privacy of two policemen when she recorded their images without their consent.

The brother resisted being arrested by using physical force and causing minor injuries to the policemen. He also threatened them verbally when he said ‘I will show you… I am well connected to police officers … I am a doctor and you don’t know me … who are you to arrest me and take me to the police station?”

The couple entered a not guilty plea.

“Many pedestrians witnessed the incident that happened in a public place [street]. The sister did not use the footage for illegal purposes or criminal intentions. Contrary to what was said, the policemen used force against the brother and wanted to handcuff him forcibly and against his will. Although he spoke to them calmly and tried to speak to their superiors… they treated him brutally and forced him into the police car,” argued Al Shamsi.

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