Sharjah speeding car kills jaywalking woman

An Arab women driving at high speed killed a young Asian woman and seriously injured another as they tried to wrongly cross a street in Sharjah, Emirat Alyoum daily said on Tuesday.

The accident took place on Buhaira (lake) cornice on Monday evening, when the women tried to cross to the other side without using the pedestrian crossing, it said, quoting police.

“One Asian woman in her 20s died on the spot and another was seriously injured…the driver stopped her car and got out…she then collapsed,” said Captain Abdul Rahman Khatir, director of the information and traffic guidance section at Sharjah police.

Central Jail inmates assault police officer

Officer suffered 15% disability

Four prisoners allegedly assaulted a police officer in the Central Jail and caused him 15 per cent permanent disability, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

AAA, 26, Emirati, HAA, 22, AKM,44, both Omanis and SHH, 37, who does not hold identification documents, are also accused of destroying property of Dubai Police worth Dh14,800. Two other Omanis identified as RKA, 28, and SHS, 38, are accused of verbally threatening to kill the victim First Sergeant Abdullah Ali Naqeeb if he came again to the police force’s office in the Central Jail.

The 24-year-old victim testified that at 11.30am on June 29, 2011, while he was in his office in the Central Jail, the four inmates approached him and started assaulting him with their hands and legs.

“I moved to another office where RKA and SHS followed me and threatened to kill me if I came again to the police force’s office. The other four followed them and started destroying everything in the office including the computer, desks, three chairs, telephone and window in addition to work-related papers,” he testified.

His colleague Corporal Mir Ghani, 55, testified that he heard the threats of the two inmates RKA and SHS.

Forensic reported that the victim had sustained 15 per cent disability because of the assault.
 

Prisoner attempted suicide by setting fire to cell

Accused was a threat to the lives of police staff

A detainee allegedly made a fire in Al Faqaa police station in an attempt to commit suicide, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

ADS, 22, is also accused of posing a threat to the lives of police staff, destroying police property worth  about Dh69,000 and attempting to kill himself.

Second Lieutenant Khalifa Juma testified that the accused was the only detainee in the police station. “He used to ask to be transferred to Bur Dubai Police Station. On August 4, he asked me for a cigarette but I refused to give it to him. Half an hour later, I saw on a monitor camera that flames were coming out of the cell. I rushed with my colleagues and pulled the accused out who was standing under the shower,” he said.
Civil Defence staff were rushed and the fire put out.  The accused had attempted to commit suicide earlier by cutting his hand’s blood vessels as his request to be transferred to Bur Dubai police station was refused.

It was proved that the accused had used his underwear to make the fire. The accused demanded a cigarette in return for telling the police what happened.  “As his request was not met, he did not tell how and why he made the fire,” a police officer testified.

First Sergeant Samir Saleh testified that the accused is in a normal condition and that he might have been trying to commit suicide as his parents had stopped visiting him because he was getting detained repeatedly.

The court adjourned the case until April 9.