The Dubai Court of Appeal has commuted the life sentence of a man to 15 years in prison for the murder of his maid.
The Court of First Instance had sentenced the 58-year-old to life in prison for detaining and assaulting his Asian maid leading to her death, according to news reports.
In September 2020, an Arab director of a company brought an Asian woman to a hospital in Dubai in critical condition who was admitted to ICU for multiple injuries and shortly after pronounced dead by the doctor on duty.
The victim was assaulted for several months which led to the deterioration of her health and subsequent death.
Investigation also found that the Arab man had lost his job around six months before the maid’s death and confessed to detaining and physically abusing her.
