The court used clemency

The arrest of a Gulf Arab "obsessed" with stealing delivery bikes

The accused admitted that he could not quit stealing bicycles.

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A Khaleeji accused of stealing a delivery bike during his interrogation by the Public Prosecution in Dubai admitted that he is addicted to this type of theft and cannot quit.

A Dubai Police witness revealed that the 42-year-old suspect is one of the previous perpetrators of this crime, pointing out that he begins to steal motorcycles as soon as he gets out of prison, and when he is inside the prison the thefts stop completely.

The Dubai Criminal Court convicted the accused of stealing a delivery bike, valued at 6,700 dirhams, and used clemency with him in view of the circumstances of the crime, and imposed a fine of 6,700 dirhams.

Regarding the details of the incident, the lawsuit papers stated that a report was received from a company specialized in delivering requests to the Dubai Police, stating that a motorcycle belonging to the company had been stolen.

In the police report and the Public Prosecution investigations, the bike driver stated that he stopped the motorcycle near his home in the Hor Al Anz area on the evening of the incident, and when he woke up the next day, he discovered that the bike had disappeared, so he informed the concerned police station.

For his part, a witness from the Dubai Police stated in the investigations of the Public Prosecution that a report was received about the incident of the theft of the motorcycle, and after searching and investigating, the detectives reached information about the involvement of a Gulf person with precedents in this type of crime in stealing the bike in question.

The witness said that the suspect was located and arrested, after investigations proved that he was at the scene of the incident at the time the crime occurred, and then his name was listed as a prime suspect.

He added that by asking the accused at first, he denied committing the incident, but by confronting him with evidence and realizing that his movements were detected in the area, he retracted his denial and confessed to the crime.

When asked about the reason for his frequent thefts, he admitted that he could not quit this habit of "stealing" despite the fact that he did not need to commit it, pointing out that he used to steal bicycles by making electrical connections through which he could operate the bike he wanted to steal, and he used this method in Carry out a number of thefts.

The witness indicated that the accused always frequented the area in which the motorcycle theft in question was committed, explaining that investigations proved that he specializes in theft of motorcycles in that area, and he has several precedents, as he was previously convicted of stealing eight bikes, and after he was seized and referred to the Public Prosecution And the competent court, the thefts stop completely, and when he is released after serving his sentence, the theft of motorbikes is repeated again in the area.

In addition, the accused appeared for trial via video communication from his prison cell, and by asking him about the accusation against him, he retracted his previous confession, and denied committing the crime.

Regarding the accused’s denial of the incident in the trial session, the court indicated in the rationale for its ruling that it is not satisfied with his denial in light of the evidence presented by the Public Prosecution, and does not see denial as only a means of defense presented by the accused with the aim of paying the accusation and impunity.

Accordingly, the court settled with certainty and reassured its conscience that the accused was convicted of stealing a motorbike at night that belonged to a company specialized in delivering orders, but it saw the circumstances of the crime and the accused being treated with a measure of clemency, so it decided to bring down the punishment to the extent mentioned in Articles 100 and 101 of Federal Crimes and Penalties Act.

She explained that in light of the fact that it was not possible to confiscate the money, the subject of the crime, because the stolen bike was not seized, and in light of its connection to the rights of bona fide third parties, the court orders a fine equivalent to the value of the bike.

The accused was previously convicted of stealing 8 bikes and running them by connecting electrical wires.

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