Maid accused of killing infant

An Asian housemaid is on trial in Abu Dhabi on charges of killing her new born baby and hiding his body inside a plastic bag in her wardrobe.

The prosecutor accused the maid of having a baby from an illicit relationship but the woman denied she killed the infant and having an illicit affair, saying she is married and was in her home country in July.

“She said she did not know if the baby was born dead or alive and that she wanted to clean the infant with her under wear,” Alittihad daily said.

“She told court that she then concealed the baby inside her wardrobe because she wanted to take him to her home country to see his father.”

The paper said the court adjourned the case to May 22.

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