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29 March 2024

Accused of molesting daughter, employee beaten to death

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An Arab woman beat her housemaid to death with the help of her friend just a few days after she hired her to help look after her house and daughter.

A criminal court had earlier convicted the two and sentenced them to 10 years in jail on murder charges. It also ordered them to pay Dh200,000 diya (blood money) to the victim’s relatives under Islamic law.

An appeals court on Monday reduced the sentence to seven years in prison although the prosecutor had demanded maximum punishment on premeditated murder.

The unnamed woman had been accused of systematically beating up and undressing her maid to humiliate her, claiming she had molested her daughter.

On that day, the maid was forced to strip off again after a smack by her employer when the woman’s friend visited her with his maid at her request to train her maid.

When he saw the woman rebuking and beating her maid, he joined her and started slapping and punching the servant before using kitchen items against her.

“She fell dead before their eyes. They had no mercy on her,” the prosecutor had told court, according to Al Khaleej newspaper.

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