A punched face of an angry Mexican caused his colleague to die, according to the Dubai Public Prosecution's investigations, which referred the defendant to the criminal court on charges of committing a felony assault leading to death without intent to kill, due to a dispute between them over what is better for them in work and sports.
Investigations have indicated that the 36-year-old accused who works as a sales executive, punched to the right of his colleague's lower head, causing internal bleeding, bruising on the front of the head, left eyebrow and nose, and a bone fracture causing his death.
A supervisor of the company the defendant works for said that there are 15 Mexicans working in the company who live in a hotel in the Dubai Investment Park, and on the day of the incident he saw the defendant descend from his room in an abnormal condition and went to the receptionist, and spoke to her in the Spanish language that you do not understand, so he took him and asked him about what happened He stated that he lived with his friend in the room and they were co-workers in their countries and had a long relationship.
He added that the accused told him that the victim tried to assault him, so he sent one punch to him and fell unconscious, so he rushed to the accused's room and watched the victim lying on his face without moving in the floor of the room, and blood was flowing from his face and he had a large bruise on his left eye, so he put his hand on his back to save him He wakes him up but does not respond, so he informs his colleagues and the ambulance and the police are called in, and the paramedics tried to rescue the victim in vain, pointing out that the accused was unbalanced when he came to the receptionist and appeared to be under the influence of alcoholic drinks.
While another witness, the colleague of the accused and the victim revealed the reason for the disagreement, saying that the public prosecutor's investigations said that they were sitting together and the accused and the victim went to buy alcoholic drinks, and when a discussion took place between them about the best of them in work and exercise, and when the debate intensified, the victim stood up and embraced the accused to mitigate From his anger, and the latter was carrying a glass in his hand, his content fell on the victim, which sparked his anger and a speech occurred between them, so he tried to calm them down but did not give him attention, so he left them at the end, then he learned later that a fight between them and the defendant directed the victim to a punch in his left hand led To his death.
The defendant and the victim had long held and lived together in a hotel room.