Killer sentenced to death, girlfriend to life in jail

A criminal court in Abu Dhabi sentenced an Arab man to death and his girl-friend to life in prison after they were convicted of murdering her ex-lover.

The defendant confessed that he used a knife and a cleaver to kill the man at the request of his girl-friend, a Canadian of Arab origin.

He said she incited him to commit the murder while they were having drugs and that she bought the weapon online.

The court was told that the woman wanted to get rid of her ex-lover on the grounds he mistreated her and forced her to abort their baby before dumping her for another woman.

The defendant also said the girl told him where the victim lives.

“The defendant said that he met his girl-friend at a nightclub in Abu Dhabi and that she kept inciting him to kill her ex-lover,” Emarat Al Youm daily said.



 

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