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29 March 2024

3 brothers jailed for Al Ain ATM heist

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An Abu Dhabi court sentenced three Emirati brothers to five years in prison after they were convicted of trying to rob a bank by stealing its cash machine in the eastern oasis town of Al Ain, press reports said on Monday.

The three were arrested after they used a rope to wrest the ATM machine out of the wall and dragging it for several hundred metres by their car before the rope snapped.

An Emirati man who saw the thieves chased them and phoned the police, who later arrested them while hiding at their brother’s house.

A court of first instance had earlier sentenced the brothers to five years in prison, prompting them to appeal the verdict. They appealed again with the court of cassation, which upheld previous sentences.

The court on Sunday acquitted their fourth brother of complicity charges.

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