Dubai maid misuses another woman's Emirates ID to get into building

Dubai - She told the guard that she wanted to enter to do some cleaning work.

A maid has been charged at a Dubai court after she allegedly misused an ID card that was not hers, to gain access into a building.
The Court of First Instance has heard that the 40-year-old Filipina produced an Emirates ID that belonged to another woman to a security guard on April 9 so he would let her enter a building to do some cleaning work.
She faced charges, including the crime of misusing another woman's personal identification document and misdemeanour of leaving work for sponsor without cancellation of visa. 
The case was registered at Bur Dubai police station.
A Pakistani security guard, 33, said he was on watch when the accused came to the building. "She wanted to get inside to clean some flats. As a routine regulation procedure, I asked her for an ID card. She showed me an Emirates ID card which bore a photo that looked different from her."
He called the police after she insisted in front of him it was her own ID. She was then taken into custody.
A report from the general directorate of criminal evidence and criminology showed CCTV photos of the maid while entering the building on the incident day.
She admitted during investigation to the charge that she intentionally misused that ID card to be able to gain access into the building as she was an illegal resident.
She has been placed in detention.
A court ruling will be issued on June 26.
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