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29 March 2024

'Pigeon thief' jailed for one month

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A court in Khor Fakkan sentenced a Pakistani man to one month in prison after he was convicted of stealing 18 pigeons from a house in the eastern port town.

Police had arrested the defendant following a report by a Bangladeshi man who saw him stealing his pigeons with the help of another man.

The defendant confessed to stealing the pigeons and selling them to a birds shop in the city, according to the Arabic language daily Alkhaleej.

He had been sentenced to two months in jail but an appeals court on Wednesday reduced the term to one month.