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29 March 2024

Asian husband confessed to killing Emirati wife

Firefighters managed to control the blaze in the apartment after an hour. (Shutterstock)

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By AFP

An Asian husband accused of murdering his Emirati wife in Fujairah with the help of his son and a friend confessed to the crime in court on Monday but denied the other two were involved, newspapers reported on Tuesday.

The husband said he killed his wife without any help from his son or the other defendant, the papers said.

A court had earlier sentenced the husband and his Pakistani friend to five years in prison and his son to 18 month in jail. It also ruled that they must pay diya (blood money) to the victim’s family and ordered their deportation from the UAE, prompting the prosecutor to appeal the verdict.

Police had arrested the three after doctors said the wife had been beaten to death.

 

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