A Dubai court has sentenced three Asians five-year imprisonment, to be followed by deportation after serving their term for abducting a compatriot girl and detaining her for three days inside a villa where they robbed and assaulted her.
While two of them were sentenced in presence, the third convict received punishment in absentia. The three convicts also face a joint penalty of AED170,000, local media reports said.
In July 2021, the gangsters lured a girl of their nationality through social media and rented a vehicle to carry out their crime.
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According to the victim’s testimony, she said she knew a compatriot through a social networking app, who invited her to attend a party held by members of their community in Dubai.
The victim revealed during the investigation that she accepted the invitation and at the appointed time, the first suspect came in a vehicle. As soon as she got into it, she was beaten by two others who threatened her with electric shocks, a report in the Gulf Today pointed out.
They took her to a villa in Jebel Ali, where they stole Dhs5,000 from her and took her mobile phone. They also transferred Dhs165,000 from her bank account to theirs, then they continued assaulting her and pictured her in immoral situations, the report said.
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The victim added that the gangsters contacted her family in her home country through a messaging app to get money after sending them her photos and a video clip showing the assault on her.
The woman told the court that after three days of detention, the criminals put a bag over her eyes and mouth, and placed her inside a vehicle, as per local news reports.
She added that one of the criminals drove her to another area far from where the crime took place. From there, the victim located the nearest police station and reported the crime.
