Her phone was hacked and her private pictures were posted on social networks

An employee threatens his female colleague to force her to restore their romantic relationship

A young employee turned on his female co-worker (his ex-girlfriend), as a result of a dispute between them, insulted her with offensive words, and threatened to expose her by publishing private pictures of her on social networks, and he sent these pictures to her family and friends, intending to harm her honor to force her. To return to him and restore the relationship between them again.

And he was convicted under a criminal verdict on the accusation of threatening the victim and insulting her in a way that violates her honor and consideration, publishing her private photos, “hacking” her phone and entering her account on “Facebook” without permission, while the Abu Dhabi Court for Family and Civil and Administrative Claims ruled to oblige the accused (the defendant). To pay the plaintiff (the victim) an amount of 10,000 dirhams in compensation for the psychological and moral damages she sustained.

In the details, a girl filed a lawsuit against a young man, in which she demanded to oblige the defendant to pay her 100,000 dirhams with obligating him to pay fees and expenses and in return for attorney fees, noting that she works in the same company in which the defendant works, and after the emotional relationship between them ended, he The defendant harassed her by sending her messages via the WhatsApp chat program, and he also told her that he had “hacked” her account, and he was convicted under a criminal judgment, which prompted her to file her present case, and pictures of penal rulings are attached.

For its part, the court confirmed that the decision, according to the Evidence Law in Civil and Commercial Transactions, is that the plaintiff must prove his right and the defendant has to deny it, noting that the firm conviction of the defendant for the accusation of threatening the plaintiff by attributing matters affecting her reputation, honor and consideration, and by publishing her private photos to members of her family And her friends, to make her reputation worse in front of them to get her to do an action, which is to restore her relationship with him, using information technology (mobile phone).

The court indicated that the evidence from the documents is the conviction of the accused also for the accusation of entering the plaintiff’s account on the social networking site “Facebook” without permission. The judgment has acquired the authority of the res judicata in what it decided before the civil court, and it is not permissible to re-examine the elements of responsibility, and then the element of error has been provided by the defendant, and it has been definitively proven against him.

The court pointed out that the error for which the defendant was convicted, is the reason for the damages to the plaintiff, and the illegal act on the basis of which the criminal case was filed was the same on which the civil lawsuit was filed, and then this court adheres to proving the error and attributing it to the perpetrator, and it is forbidden to It violates it or re-examines it, which makes the elements of responsibility of error, damage and causal relationship available in the right of the defendant, and the court builds its judgment on this basis.

Regarding compensation for moral damages, the court indicated that it is decided, according to the Civil Transactions Law, that “every harm to others obliges the doer, even if he is not distinguished, to guarantee the damage,” pointing out that what is established from the penal ruling is that the defendant insulted and threatened the plaintiff, as he By entering her account on Facebook without a permit, and this error resulted in moral damage to the plaintiff, which was represented in her feeling of sadness, depression and fear, which the court sees as compensating the plaintiff.

Physical damage

The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Claims Court rejected the plaintiff’s request for compensation for material damages, because the lawsuit papers were devoid of material damages to the plaintiff.

• The young man was accused of threatening the victim and insulting her in a way that offends her honor and dignity.

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