I took private photos and recordings from him

The trial of a woman who searched her husband's phone and violated his privacy

An (Arab) wife violated the privacy of her husband (Khaleeji) after she searched and spied on his phone, transferred his photos and recordings and sent them to his family to distort his image, as a civil court ruled in Ras al-Khaimah obliging the wife to pay 5431 dirhams material and moral compensation to her husband for the harm he suffered.

The Public Prosecution stated in the indictment that the wife assaulted the privacy of her husband by using information technology means by searching his phone and transmitting pictures and recordings of his own, throwing him in a manner that would disparage his dignity and affect his display by means of information technology, and the misdemeanor court had ruled the wife acquitted of the charge of insult, and fined her 1500 dirhams for The charge of searching the phone, and the verdict became final, not to appeal against him.

In detail, the husband filed a civil lawsuit in which he demanded compensation for the material and moral damage he suffered as a result of the crimes committed by his wife against him and was convicted of him under criminal rulings in which the elements of negligence were available from error, damage and a causal relationship, for the wife's abuse of him and his reputation by sending his pictures to his family and distorting his image By publishing the recordings, in addition to the words she uttered insulting to his right, his dignity was touched, which resulted in material damage represented in the loss of his salary due to his interruption of work to pursue the case with the competent authorities as a result of the crimes committed by his wife against him, and the attorney fees incurred by him and what was caused by him. Moral harm, which offended him and damaged his reputation, caused him psychological pain, and demanded to oblige him to pay him the appropriate compensation estimated by the court as a compulsion for the material and moral damages that he suffered.

The wife's attorney stated that the husband abused his client verbally and insulted, expelled her from the marital home, and opened several communications and a divorce case against her for harm, as the case was rejected because the harm was not proven against him, and he left her and their daughter without a breadwinner.

He pointed out that the wife's letter was not intended to insult him and to defame him, but that the husband opened a communication against her to force her to waive her legal rights, adding that the husband's lawsuit came lacking any evidence and he requested a verdict to reject the case.

The reasons for the ruling stated that the two incidents of a wife’s assault on the privacy of her husband by entering his phone, searching him, transmitting and publishing pictures and recordings, are an incident that has been proven and convicted by a criminal judgment, and that the incident of insulting him through one of the means of information technology is an incident that has been proven against the wife, and the ruling against her has been decided. Conclusively and conclusively, there is a joint issue between the criminal and civil lawsuits.

She added that the court considers that it has been proven that the husband has made expenses and deserves financial compensation, explaining that what the husband claimed about losing his salary during his visit to police stations and courts because of the lawsuit, has remained a statement without any evidence, and it has not actually been proven that his salary was cut due to his presence in the police stations And the courts, and with him the court is heading to reject this branch of compensation.

The court obliged the wife to pay 5431 dirhams in compensation to her husband for the material and moral harm he suffered, and obligated her to pay the case's fees, fees and attorneys' fees, and a rejection of what was in excess of that.

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