Two workers charged with stealing scrap iron

Dubai: Two workers have been charged with stealing one tonne of iron scrap from the company where they worked, and trying to sell it for Dh1,500, a court heard yesterday.

Prosecutors accused the Indian workers, 23-year-old S.M. and 34-year-old M.R., of stealing the iron scrap.

According to the arraignment sheet, prosecutors charged S.M. solely with forging a company document permitting him to sell the iron scrap.

When the two suspects appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance yesterday, S.M. pleaded guilty and M.R. denied his charges.

A 34-year-old Pakistani aluminium fixer, testified to prosecutors that S.M. offered to sell him the tonne of scrap iron for Dh1,500.

He said when he asked for the receipt, the accused said he would give it to him later. He said a police patrol stopped him and said the scrap was stolen.

"I informed the police that S.M. sold me the scrap and I identified him and M.R. when they got arrested," claimed the Pakistani in his prosecution statement.

A verdict will be heard on May 9.