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Maid on Trial 
for Stealing

The case was heard on Sunday by the Court of First Instance as the 27-year-old Sri Lankan maid faced the charge of stealing from her sponsor. The Emirati plaintiff told the police that on September 22 he withdrew Dh24,000 from the bank to pay his children’s tuition fees.

“At home, I put the money in my pocket and put other clothes on. I went out with my family later on,” the plaintiff said. He came back late that night and did not find the maids the next morning. “They were gone and had taken their passports with them,” he claimed. He also checked and found that the money he withdrawn earlier was also missing.

He added that the Sri Lankan defendant stole the money alone and he reported about the others because they absconded on the same morning.

The Sri Lankan maid admitted in the investigation to having stolen the money which she sent later to her country.She also used the money she stole to buy a ticket back to her home country.

mary@khaleejtimes.ae

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