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29 March 2024

Crime: Asian killed by school bus in RAK

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A 57-year-old Asian man was killed after he was knocked over by a school bus in Ras Al Khaimah, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The unnamed Asian has just parked his car near the pavement on Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Road in the northern city and stepped out when he was hit by the bus, the Arabic language daily Alkhaleej said.

The Arab driver of the bus fled the scene but he was arrested nearly two hours after the accident, which took place on Tuesday afternoon.

Appeal saves killer from gallows

An Emirati man sentenced to death by an Abu Dhabi court for killing another local man during a fight was saved from the gallows after an appeals court reduced the verdict to five years in prison, the press reported on Thursday.

A criminal court had earlier sentenced the man to death and acquitted his brother following a scuffle that led to the death of the victim.

The fight erupted after the victim refused to give way to the two brothers while driving on an Abu Dhabi road.

The scuffle resulted in the death of the victim and partial paralysis of the defendant. Police said the victim died of his injuries in hospital.

The appeals court on Wednesday modified the charge against the defendant from premeditated murder to beating that led to death. It sentenced him to five years in prison and ordered him to pay diya (blood money) to the victim’s family.

The court also upheld an earlier sentence acquitting his brother.

Man jailed one year for trying to kill brother

An Abu Dhabi criminal court sentenced an Arab man to one year in prison for trying to kill his brother during a fight at their apartment in the capital.

The defendant was accused of having liquor before using a kitchen knife to stab his younger brother four times during a scuffle at their home. The court convicted him after a testimony by their sister, who was at home at the time of the fight.

The court also fined the defendant Dh2,000 and ordered his deportation from the UAE after serving his jail term.