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28 March 2024

'Killer' couple become parents in jail

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By Eman Al Baik

The mistress of the man who is accused of torturing and killing his own daughter with hot irons and stun guns failed to make an appearance in court as she gave birth to a baby behind bars.

The court adjourned the case until November 7.

The father HSJ, 29, and his mistress AMA, 27, both Emiratis, are accused of torturing and killing 8-year-old Wadeema, and burying her body in the desert. They are also accused of torturing her younger daughter Mira, 7, and causing 10 per cent permanent disability.

The father had denied the accusation except the bit about hiding his daughter’s body. Whereas his mistress pleaded guilty on all charges.

However, the couple claimed that they were mentally unstable. The court referred them to hospital for checking and reporting their claims.

In the previous hearing both the accused were reported mentally fit to stand trial.

The girls’ 30-year-old uncle MS, an officer in the Navy testified that the mistress was the one who tortured the girls. He denied that his brother could have tortured his own daughters. "He was doing everything, even to provide for them and to please them. He bought them an iPad to enjoy.. she is the one who tortured them… but I do not know why my brother kept silent about her ill-treating the girls”.

Judge Al Mahdi and asked the witness: “Did that include not noticing the torture, abuse and leaving them imprisoned for hours without food?”

The uncle responded that the surviving daughter Mira had told him that her father’s mistress was the one who used to beat them and burn and imprison them in the bathroom. “Mira told me that she loves her father and asked why police have taken him.”

The girls’ mother told the court that the father won a custody case in November 2011.  "We married in 2002 and divorced in 2006. His mistress and I were friends and he knew her through me," she claimed.

The judge told the mother: “You gave them away and thanked God they have gone and you did not attempt to ask about them.”

“No, Your Honour, I tried to ask about them… he did not allow me to see them… I even called his mistress to help me convince their father to let me see them but he never agreed,” she replied.

The forensic doctor testified that Mira survived severe injuries. She was lucky not to die. He could not give a specific cause for the death of Wadeema as her body was retrieved after about six months of her death and had completely decomposed.

 

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