Death penalty for killing estranged fiancée upheldThe Al Ain Court of Appeal last week upheld the death penalty awarded to a 26-year-old Arab man for the premeditated murder of her 21-year-old estranged fiancée.
Little Bonie laid to restLittle Bonie will rest in peace in Dubai where he loved to live. The nine-year-old Indian boy, who died in a pool accident during his friend’s birthday celebrations on Tuesday, was laid to rest at the cemetery in Jebel Ali on Thursday evening.
Clerk jailed, fined for possessing drugsA 28-year-old clerk was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment on Sunday for possession of 3.38 grams of hashish.
Woman on trial ‘for forging passport’A Filipina woman allegedly got a false birth certificate made for a child she conceived out of wedlock, by impersonating a married work mate, a court heard on Thursday.
Pool Death: Indian boy to be buried in Dubai todayThe Indian boy who died in a swimming pool accident during his classmate’s birthday celebrations on Tuesday evening will be buried in Dubai today, his father said this morning.
Pool Death: ‘Boy did not know how to swim’A nine-year-old boy died in a swimming pool accident during his classmate’s birthday celebrations on Tuesday evening, leaving his friends and family in shock and grief.
Two Filipino seamen hospitalised with burnsTwo Filipino seamen thought they could be with their loved ones in Batangas, the Philippines, this month. In a quirk of fate, they are now in Fujairah Hospital with burns after a spark in the electrical blower caused a fire in their Motor Tanker Aris (M/T Aris) anchored a few miles off Fujairah.
Insurance firm ordered to pay diyaThe Dubai Court of Cassation has quashed a ruling by lower courts and ordered an insurance company to pay Dh200,000 in blood money (diya) to the heirs of a traffic accident victim.
4 on trial over businessman’s kidnapFour Bangladeshi men allegedly kidnapped a compatriot businessman and forced him to transfer Dh17,000 to them after threatening to kill him, a court heard on Wednesday.
Transit passenger caught with 7kg cocaine on trialA 43-year-old Turkish man allegedly transported 7.1kg of cocaine hidden in a plastic wrapper containing coffee powder as he was transiting through Dubai International Airport, the Court of First Instance heard on Wednesday.