The Dubai Court of Appeal commuted a three-to-one-year prison sentence against an Asian woman (30 years) who attempted to kill another woman with a stabbing in her abdomen, but the victim repulsed the stab with her left arm and held the blade of the knife with her fist when trying to stab her again. As a result, she was taken to hospital for treatment.
The Dubai Public Prosecutor appealed to the Court of Appeal against the first sentence of imprisonment of the accused for three years, demanding a tougher sentence.
The victim reported that she was working as a masseuse and was at her residence when she received a call from the accused to tell her that she was the friend of a man she knew, that she had obtained her phone number from her co-worker, and asked her not to go out with or mix with her boyfriend, or even approach or talk to him, She accused her of causing his apathy towards her and changing his treatment of her.
She said that «the accused asked her to help improve her relationship with her friend, who no longer speaks with her, and insisted on meeting her to explain her circumstances, she agreed, and told her that she would bring that person with her, and when I told him the contents of the communication, he told her (he was linked to the charge, and separated because "She was in a moody mood that caused him many problems, and asked her not to meet her." But she insisted on going together, and agreed with the accused to meet her at the canal.
The victim said that they met in the place specified, and spoke at the beginning with the accused, and asked her to talk with her boyfriend and solve their problems, pointing out that a controversy took place between them, and accused the man of betraying him with another man, and intensified discussion between them, the victim intervened and asked them to calm, and begged them The accused accused her of resolving the dispute, and then asked her for material help.
She pointed out that the accused contacted her the next morning, did not respond until the evening to busy in her work, and then spoke, the accused asked her to meet, and tried to apologize, but insisted on meeting her five minutes, and agreed, and talked between them, in which the accused repeated her request for help to return her boyfriend to her But the accused insisted on her to stay, then stepped her hand in her bag and took out a knife, and tried to stab her abruptly in her abdomen, repulsed the stab with her left hand, and the accused returned stabbing her, but she grabbed the knife with her palms, and hit her pinky finger Bystanders, she put her hand on her mouth to whom She was screaming, but she was bitten by her. She was entering security and was taken to hospital for treatment.
• The accused asked the victim to help her in improving her relationship with her friend.