Maid leaves child near lit stove to meet boyfriend

In a new incident highlighting the risks that come with housemaids in the UAE, a family has filed a police complaint against their maid alleging that she left their 3-year old daughter alone and went to meet her boyfriend.

According to a report in Al Ittihad newspaper, the complaint states that the maid left the little girl alone in the kitchen with the gas stove on.

The mother said that when she returned from work she rang the doorbell, but there was no response.

She used her key, opened the door and searched for her daughter and the maid and then found her daughter sleeping next to the stove in the kitchen.

She said: “I was shocked and my daughter started crying hysterically. It was clear the girl didn’t eat since morning.”

The report also quotes a neighbour as saying that the maid went to her in  the morning and borrowed some money.

The police have arrested the maid who admitted that she took advantage of the absence of family members and contacted her boyfriend. She added that she robbed some money from the apartment as well.

Investigations have revealed that the housemaid used to give her salary to her boyfriend who is accused of take advantage of her, and even promising marriage.

The case has been referred to the Public Prosecution. 

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Maid who robbed on her 1st day gets 6-month jail

The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced a maid six-month jail for spraying anesthetic substance on a family and broke into their bedroom to steal jewellery and cash worth Dh52,000.

Hiring maids without references have resulted in a number of robberies in the country of late.

OB, 31, Sri Lankan, was also ordered deportation after serving jail term.

According to the records, the victim RKK, 39, sales representative, testified that his family needed a maid so he started searching for one in the newspapers.

“I read an advertisement in the paper and called the maid at 8pm on March 7, 2009. OB came to our house the next morning. I asked her for her passport. But she said visa needs to be transferred from her ex-sponsor and agreed about the salary. The next day, he left the house with his wife in the morning. The maid stayed with my mother-in-law and my little son. At around 11 am my wife called me and told me that the maid stole the jewellery and the cash amount and ran away. So, I called the police. She stole jewellery worth Dh34,000 and Dh18,000 cash,” he testified.

“There was jewellery in my wife’s wardrobe and in our bed room which was locked. Other jewellery items were in my son’s room and belonged to my mother-in-law,” he testified.

His mother-in-law OKS, 52, testified that she was staying with her grandson in his room. The maid entered the room and stood behind her. As she smelled strange, she turned behind and asked the maid about the source of the smell. But in a few seconds she felt unconscious and when she woke up after half-an-hour with the boy, the maid had disappeared from the house with the jewellery.

The maid already had criminal record with the police.
 

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