"The long years of imprisonment changed me from a mindless young man to a responsible man and I want to kiss my mother's feet and pilgrimage"

In the previous words, an Emirati man addressed the Dubai Criminal Court to seek a bath after 18 years in the central prison in Dubai after being sentenced along with four others to life imprisonment after being convicted of causing a arson by arresting Bur Dubai police station, which resulted in the death of 14 people.

The panel accepted the request of the young inmate, who entered prison at the age of 22 years to get out of it now after the age of forty years, and ordered their early release based on a report from the General Directorate of Penal Institutions Dubai Police, which confirmed his commitment and integrity during the last 8 years, and a report from the specialist Social Development Authority poured in his favor.

"I spent half of my life in prison, and he is no longer old," the young man said in the text of his court-martial note. "I just hope that I can see my mother. I accept her feet asking her to allow her after all she has suffered for me. To lose my afterlife.

"I completed 18 years in prison, and these years were enough to teach me many lessons and lessons, and change me from a reckless young reckless to a man who knows the meaning of responsibility, and I realized that there are many meanings of life I would not know without entering prison."

According to the report of the specialist in the Community Development Authority that the young man grew up in a family together, the relationship is characterized by interdependence and love, and his father died during the implementation of the punishment, which affected his psyche many, as he did not prefer to visit his family very much for the sake of their feelings and only to communicate with them by phone, and his sister His mother always cares for him.

The report pointed out that he adhered to good behavior during the period of execution of the punishment, and has become a role model for all about 8 years, where he participated in a number of rehabilitation programs, and received several courses, and was selected to be the team leader for fellow inmates in various courses and programs, and has a plan in case of release In order to search for a job and compensate his family and society for what was committed against them, and recommended the specialist to settle for a long period of punishment, and give him an opportunity to apply what he learned.

In his testimony against him, officials at the penal institutions and his colleagues said that he had been well-behaved throughout his sentence, gained the trust of all, and used him to intervene to solve some of the problems of his fellow inmates.

The Court stated that it had a report proving that the petitioner was a psychologically compatible person who could adapt to the external environment upon his release, contrary to the opinion of the Public Prosecutor which had rejected the request for the ugliness of the offense committed by the student.

She explained that the young man submitted a memo in which he expressed remorse and that he memorized five parts of the Koran, during the period of imprisonment, and that all testimonies confirm his integrity and goodness.

In the light of article 45 of the Penal Institutions Regulation Act of 1992, which stipulates that a person sentenced to life imprisonment, who has served 15 years of imprisonment, may apply for his release, the court ruled in his presence to accept the request and release him.

It is noteworthy that the young man who received the early release and four others deliberately set fire to the arrest of Dubai Police Station in 2001 using a cigarette lighter to set fire, with blankets and mattresses to stop juveniles, with the intention of fleeing the arrest, after they drowned their clothes with water, and covered their faces to avoid smoke, so the fire spread Smoke killed 14 inmates and injured 15 others.The Dubai felony in 2003 sentenced them to life imprisonment and a fine of 209,000 dirhams and 2.1 million dirhams for the families of the deceased.The verdict was upheld by the courts of appeal and cassation.