He stole a safe containing valuables and threw them in the trash

Imprisonment and fine of 650,000 dirhams for a cook who stole a famous soccer player

The Dubai Criminal Court has ruled a six-month prison sentence and a fine of 650,000 dirhams and deportation against a (Asian) cook who stole two hours and a bracelet from the home of a famous player in the UAE national team and league, and the stolen value is estimated at 700,000 dirhams.

The accused denied committing the crime at first, but admitted it after that, indicating that he had stolen a small safe containing valuables, and was unable to open it, so he threw it as it is in the garbage bin outside the house.

The victim, a famous football player in the investigations of the Dubai Public Prosecution, said that the accused works for him in the house as a cook and manages various purposes, such as washing and arranging clothes, pointing out that he was surprised by the disappearance of valuable movables, which are two hours, the price of one of them is 420 thousand dirhams. "RM", and a hand bracelet, was inside a small safe in the wardrobe, indicating that the accused is suspected, as he is the only one authorized to enter the bedroom.

The player added that he asked the accused to return the safe and the contents without the need to inform the police, so the latter asked him for a period to return it, but he did not, pointing out that he later learned that the fingerprints of the accused matched with the effects raised from the location of the safe.

For his part, a witness from the Dubai police said in the investigations of the Public Prosecution, that as soon as a report was received from the victim, doubts arose about the accused, and he was summoned to write his statements, then he denied the accusation, deciding that he was not competent to enter the victim's bedroom, as he was the cook of the house, but by comparison The fingerprints in the lower part of the wardrobe, it was confirmed that his fingerprint was there, although it is not normal for him to reach this place when he opens the wardrobe.

He added that, facing the accused with evidence, he confessed his crime, admitting that he had seized the small safe, but he could not open it, so he threw it in the external garbage container of the house as it is.

- Dubai Police found the defendant's fingerprints on the lower part of the player's clothes locker.

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