The Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation has sentenced five African defendants to prison terms of up to 10 years and five years after being sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of stealing a money exchange company and assaulting security personnel responsible for transferring money.
The prosecution charged the accused with stealing a bag containing 400,000 dirhams owned by a money exchange company, after they had been beaten, beaten, and forced to take money and flee.
The court of first instance sentenced the defendants to 10 years in prison and removed them from the state. The defendants appealed the verdict. The appeals court upheld the appeal, forced the appellants to pay the due fee, and appealed the verdict. During the trial, the defendants denied the charge and requested clemency, Their defense demanded innocence, and the use of compassion.
The Court of Cassation stated that the court had settled the court's certainty of the papers and investigations and the trial session that the defendants had agreed to steal the money owned by a money changer during the transfer of the money by a money transfer company using the force and the weapon. They went to the money exchanger's place and saw the victims The security forces charged with the transfer of money), who came out of the money changer, and one of them carrying the money transfer bag, with a sum of 400 thousand dirhams, heading to the money transfer vehicle and as soon as they crossed the road to their side accused of the vehicle being driven by one of them. , And attacked on The victims, and beat them, which resulted in the fall of the holder of the bag of money on the ground, they took the bag from his hand.
The case papers indicated that the victim tried to catch one of them. They beat him, they managed to take the money and fled. In conducting the investigation, the defendants were arrested, they admitted the incident and they transferred the stolen money to their country. They were brought to justice.
The judge pointed out that the court was satisfied with all the evidence and technical evidence contained in the investigations and was satisfied with it. All defendants have the right to prove the crime of forced robbery after they have been given the right to defend in the manner approved by the law, pointing out that due to the circumstances of the case and its circumstances, And the modern age of the accused, the Court considers the amendment of the penalty.
The court decided to accept the appeal in form, to amend the appealed sentence, to serve only five years for each of the accused, to expel them from the state following the execution of the sentence and to charge them a fee of 5,000 dirhams for each lawyer assigned to the case.
• 400 thousand dirhams were in a bag in the hands of the guard seized by the accused by force and fled.