Woman tied up, jewellery worth Dh200,000 stolen

Two women and a man allegedly knocked at the door of a flat, attacked the woman who opened it, tied her up and stole jewellery worth Dh200,000, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

MOS, salesman, 27, and two housemaids identified as NFM, 25, and FHM, 27, all Sri Lankans, are accused of attacking the victim MTM, 64, Indian housewife, and robbing her house of valuables.

The victim testified that at around 11am of March 20, while she was staying in her daughter’s house with her one-year-old grandson, she head a knock at the door. “I thought it was the man who brings water. I went and opened the door. A man and two women who were at the door pushed the door open, got in and closed the door behind them. They pushed me and one of the women put a cloth on my face. The other woman took my grandson from my hand and pushed me to the ground. They brought a bed sheet and tied up my hands and legs. The man sat on my chest and closed my mouth when I called for help. I bit one of his fingers. He beat me up. They brought another sheet and wrapped it around my head. I heard the man telling the women that I am finished and that they should take precious things. That was the last thing I heard before losing consciousness.

“I woke up after about half an hour later, released myself and saw the house in a complete mess. My grandson was in the corner of one of the rooms. I found out that they had stolen my daughter’s jewellery and the gold that I and my grandson were wearing. I called my son-in-law and the building’s watchman. One of the women had come to our house a number of times in the past,” she testified.

Second Lieutenant Faisal Abdul Aziz testified that police investigated the compliant and reached the accused people who were staying in a flat in Al Ghussais. Police confiscated part of the stolen jewellery in a bag in the house and some others in a car used by the man. The victim recognised the three accused when shown to her during an identification parade.

MOS confessed that he agreed with the other two women to rob the house as he knew from NFM who had worked in the house a number of times that there was jewellery in the house. He said he dropped NFM at around 10.45am at the building in which the victim lived. 15 minutes later, he and the other maid knocked at the victim’s door.

“The victim opened the door and we said that we want to see NFM. She shouted at us and asked us to leave. I pushed her in and sat on her body to prevent her from screaming and shouting. The women took the jewellery, put them in a box and we left the place,” he told the prosecutors.

Criminal Evidences reported a human bite on one of the fingers of MOS.
The court adjourned the case for verdict until July 11.