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28 March 2024

Drunk driver stabs roommate after drinking

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By Eman Al Baik

A Pakistani driver, who consumed four bottles of alcohol in a couple of hours, stabbed his roommate after he abused him and tried to push him down from the balcony, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

On Friday February 7, the victim BS, 28, also a truck driver and lives in International City, woke up and was getting ready for the Friday prayer.

“I woke up at around 9am...  I noticed MI, 53, was consuming alcohol. I got ready and went to attend the Friday prayer; when I returned from prayer, MI, was still drinking. We all prepared lunch in the flat together including MI. Since morning, MI was making fun of and joking indecently and immorally with me,” the court records showed BS statement.

While having lunch, MI continued teasing his roommate and abused him also, the records showed.

“I finished lunch and went to the balcony; he was still consuming alcohol and insulting me. I just replied to his insults saying: ‘Don’t you feel responsible... Aren’t you ashamed of yourself.’ When he heard that, he rushed to the balcony and tried to push me down to the street. Our roommate, KA, rushed towards us and prevented him from doing that. I went straight to the bathroom while KA remained in the balcony.”

As BS got out of the bathroom, the drunken MI was hiding and surprised him by stabbing him in the chest.

“I screamed for help… KA and other flat mates intervened and prevented him from stabbing again. Before I fell unconscious, I heard him telling the men: ‘I did not stab him. I stabbed myself... I want to put an end to my life.’ This was the last thing I heard and then I woke up in the hospital,” the victim told investigators.

His roommate, KA, 34, a compatriot lorry driver, told investigators that 13 people were sharing the two-room flat.

“I shared a room with the accused and the victim together with other five people. On Thursday night, MI brought a large quantity of alcohol and drank the whole night until he fell and slept in the bathroom. The victim noticed him and took him to his bed. The next morning, MI resumed drinking the rest of the bottles while we all in the flat went to perform the Friday prayer.  After the prayer we all had lunch together but the two were making bad jokes and abusing one another. As we were preparing to go out, MI stabbed the victim with a kitchen knife; while we were busy carrying the victim to his bed and calling the police, MI running away,” testified KA.

Police arrived and noticed that the stabber had washed the kitchen knife he used, left it in the kitchen before running away.

The accused had asked his flat mates to call the police and tell them that he (MI) mistakenly hurt BS. He put on his shoes and left the flat.

Other flat mates repeated corroborative testimonies. On the following day, Saturday, Police arrested the MI.

The accused admitted stabbing the victim while drunk and following exchanging verbal abuses. The court will reconvene on September 18.