Couple held for murdering second wife, torturing kids

The Abu Dhabi police arrested a local man and his wife on charges of killing his second wife by systematically beating and torturing her with a stick and punches. The couple was also charged of torturing the woman’s two little sons.

Police said the husband’s two daughters from his first wife testified against him and told the prosecutor of “horrifying” stories of torture of the victim by their parents.

Police raided the man’s house in Bani Yas town outside Abu Dhabi city following a report about torture but it was too late as the woman, an Arab died on the same day.

After the testimony by his two daughters, the man and his wife confessed to their crime and said they tortured and beat up the victim most of the time while the first wife confessed to torturing the victim’s two little sons.

Emarat Al Youm newspaper, quoting police, said the man also confessed to locking up the victim and depriving her of food many times, adding that the husband claimed that his second wife was suffering from mental problems.

Medical examination showed the victim suffered from fractures in some parts of her body and her teeth, bruises and wounds in the neck, damaged kidneys, paleness and weakness because of lack of food. The two boys were also found to be suffering from burns and bruises while one had a permanent disability due to torture.

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