The Public Prosecution appealed a verdict of innocence, issued by the Federal Shari'a Court of Appeal in the interest of a Gulf accused of violating the privacy of the life of his neighbor, by directing the surveillance cameras installed in his home towards the yard of the victim's home. The Fujairah Court of First Instance had sentenced him to a fine of 2000 dirhams.

The Public Prosecution referred the defendant accused of violating the privacy and the sanctity of family life, demanding that he be punished under Article 378 of the Penal Code, which stipulates that anyone who assaulted the sanctity of private and family life of individuals shall be punished by picking or transporting a device of any kind, a picture. A person in a private place. The accused denied the accusation against him, stating that he did not intend to harm his neighbor, spy on him, and infringe on the sanctity of his private life.

In its previous sessions, the judiciary heard the defense counsel of the accused, who pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, stressing that his client did not mean any violation of privacy, as he used a private company to install the cameras, and when the workers installed them he was not aware that they were going To his neighbor's yard except when the police station called him and informed him of a complaint against him from the victim, which led him to communicate with the company that installed it to correct its guidance, and this confirms that there is no intention to commit the crime of assaulting the privacy of the family life of his neighbor, and this statement supports the police report that This proves that, as soon as the complaint was received, the accused made a correction of the cameras.

The lawyer indicated that the cameras installed in the courtyard of the accused's house were exposed and visible, and they were not placed in a secret and hidden manner.

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