Convicted of attempted murder and forced robbery

Death penalty for the killer of a businessman and his wife in Dubai

The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced Sabbagh (Asian) to death, who was convicted of intentionally killing an Indian businessman and his wife, and of attempting to kill their eldest daughter by stabbing her in the neck, which would have cost her her life had it not been for the emergency ambulance, as well as a fine for the two crimes of attempted murder. and forced robbery.

The Public Prosecution had referred the accused to the Criminal Court, confirming that he had the intention and determination to kill the victim and his family, who were led by circumstances in front of him during the robbery of the house at night, and he remained behind the trees, waiting for their sleep, then crept into the house, and when he was surprised by the awakening of the master of the house, he attacked him with a knife He carried him with him, then killed his wife, who woke up to the sound of her husband's voice.

The accused admitted in the investigations that he had bought the knife from a store near his residence in another emirate, then asked someone to deliver it to the location of the villa, in the Arabian Ranches area, on June 17, 2020, and it remained dormant until eleven o’clock in the evening, then jumped off the fence and hid in The inner garden until one in the morning, and he entered through a side door on the ground floor, and searched for items to be stolen, and found the victim's wallet and seized the money inside.

The accused added that he went upstairs to the room of the head of the family, as he saw money in it several months ago when he came to do maintenance in the villa, pointing out that he opened one of the drawers in a table next to the bed on the side of the husband, so he woke up and grabbed him, but the accused took out the knife and stabbed him urgently. In separate places on his body, the wife woke up and attacked her and there was a stampede between them and he grabbed her hand and stabbed her twice in the neck and one stab in the chest. Al-Ain, then he called the person who drove him and asked him to come and ride with him, and he was arrested later.

The victim's daughter (a student - 18 years old) stated that she was in her bedroom on the ground floor, and she heard a distress sound, so she rushed to her parents' room and used the phone lamp, because the lights were off on the floor. He kicked him, but he ran away, so she went to her parents' room and saw her father lying on the floor soaked in his blood, as well as her mother on the bed, so she tried to talk to them, but they did not answer, and her younger sister came and closed the door on them and used her father's phone to call the police.

In addition, the driver who delivered the accused said that the accused met him near the National Bridge in Sharjah and asked him to take him to Arabian Ranches, and took his phone number to call him later, and at five in the morning he called him and came to him at a bridge under construction on the Dubai - Al Ain road. He was afraid, and his neck had traces of scratches and bare feet, so he asked him what had happened to him, and he told him that he had quarrels with some people.

For his part, a member of the criminal investigation team from Dubai Police stated that the accused planned to commit the crime because of his previous knowledge of the villa, as he participated in maintenance work, pointing out that the tool used in the crime was found in a sandy area 500 meters from the villa.

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