"Dubai Criminal" sentenced to imprisonment and a fine

An Asian steals a gold bar instead of delivering it to its owner's family

The court punished the accused with imprisonment for one month and fined him 52 thousand and 200 dirhams.

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An Asian person bought a gold ingot weighing 300 grams for 52 thousand and 200 dirhams as an investment, and decided to send it to his country with another of the same nationality. Which sentenced him to imprisonment for a month and fined the value of the ingot.

The facts of the case revolve, as settled in the court's certainty, about the victim's desire to send some jewelry to his country as a way of saving and investment, so he bought a gold ingot, and searched for someone to deliver it. .

The victim said in the investigations of the Public Prosecution that he bought the bar as soon as he knew the accused’s intention to travel and handed it to him on the same day, then tried to contact him three days after receiving the bar to ask him about the reason for the delay in handing it over to his family, but he did not respond to his calls.

While the victim's friend stated that he hosted the process of delivering the bar in his apartment and watched him give the bar to the accused to hand it over to his relatives, but he did not travel in the first place.

By questioning the accused in the investigations of the Public Prosecution, he denied the accusation against him, and he renewed his denial during the court session, so the court reserved the case for judgment and ruled his conviction.

In the rationale for its ruling, it stated that the agency contract is stipulated in the Penal Code and includes the assignment of an act in the interest of the owner of the thing, explaining that a person receiving a sum of money from another to buy something with him is considered an agent for using the money for the agreed purpose, and not buying what was agreed upon or disposing of it. The amount contrary to the will of its owner signs the crime of embezzlement.

She explained that the evidence and papers and the testimony of two witnesses to the evidence that the accused embezzled a gold bar belonging to the victim, and then sentenced him to imprisonment for a month and a fine of 52 thousand and 200 dirhams.

• Two witnesses confirmed that the accused had misappropriated a gold bar belonging to the victim.

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