Dubai Criminal Court ordered her boyfriend to be imprisoned with suspension and obligated him to pay blood money

The death of a woman by a hookah coal fire

The Criminal Court in Dubai has ruled that a (Gulf) employee has been imprisoned for a year with a suspension of execution for a period of three years, and a fine of 5,000 dirhams as a result of accidentally causing the death of an (African) woman, after she was caught in the fire in a fire that broke out after the shisha coal particles were blown off and settled on the fabric of the sofas in A room in which the victim was present, and required him to pay the legal blood money of 200,000 dirhams.

In detail, the investigations of the Public Prosecution Office in Dubai reported that the accused caused the death of an (African) woman by mistake, when he left burning coal near the outer wall of the room in which the woman was found, which is an open place exposed to air currents, which led to the flying of coal particles The incandescent fire, and it caused a fire that surrounded the victim in the room and caused her death, and the prosecution directed him to commit a misdemeanor for accidentally causing the death of a person.

The accused said, in the investigations of the Public Prosecution, that he had a friendly relationship with that woman, and took her on the day of the incident to the farmhouse in the Al Tayy area, pointing out that at about 11:30 pm, he asked one of the workers to prepare charcoal to smoke the hookah, and put it in the vessel designated for that. In front of the council room, in which he was sitting with his girlfriend.

He added that he smoked hookah with his girlfriend until he noticed yellow lighting outside the council, and when he opened the door, he saw some objects burning in front of the door, so he shouted for them to get out of the place, after he jumped over the flame, which rose in front of the entrance to the room, but she was afraid of the fire and stayed inside He asked the workers for help and asked them to operate a machine to draw water from the well, but it did not work, so everyone took the initiative to fill the containers and try to put out the fire, but they were unable to do so in light of the spread of the fire throughout the place.

He pointed out that he put a blanket over his body, trying to penetrate the flames to save it, but he was unable to do so due to the intensity of the fire.

He explained that the (quar) vessel was about two meters away from the majlis, but there were objects in the middle, pointing out that this “quar” has been in place for a long time, and that those present used to use it in preparing charcoal.

For his part, the defendant’s defense attorney, the International Center for Advocacy, stated that the causal link between error and death has been disconnected due to the presence of an external factor that is winds, indicating that the elements of the crime are absent from the right of the accused, and that what is established in the provisions of discrimination is the questioning of the accused for his criminal act, unless factors intervene External breaks the link of causation.

He explained that the corner of the error is the main reason for the crime, represented by flying particles of glowing coal, but the accused has nothing to do with that, but it is the act of winds and air currents that carried them causing the fire, in the council in which the accused and his girlfriend were present, and the accused tried to remove the woman as he could. He warned her to leave quickly, but she hesitated, fearing the fire, which escalated quickly.

After considering the case, which coincided with the period of the national sterilization program, in light of precautionary measures against the emerging corona virus (Covid-19), the court obliged the accused to pay the legal blood money to the heirs of the victim at a rate of 200 thousand dirhams, in addition to his imprisonment for a year with a suspension of execution for a period of three Years, starting from the day the judgment becomes final.

Forensic report

The forensic report of the General Department of Criminal Evidence in Dubai Police stated that the victim was alive at the beginning of the fire, and that she inhaled a large amount of smoke and gases resulting from the fire, and then was exposed to intense heat due to the intensity of the fire.

The report emphasized that there was no evidence that the victim had been subjected to a criminal act before her death.

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