He violated the procedures and died of the disease.. And Dubai Courts took into account the circumstances of the incident

An Asian embraces a 6-year-old child of unknown parentage who is cerebral palsy

Dubai Courts sentenced the accused to two months in prison with a stay of execution.

Photography: Patrick Castillo

Dubai Courts considered a case with a humanitarian dimension, in which an (Uzbek) person was accused of committing an act in violation of the law with a noble motive - according to the case papers - embracing and caring for a child of unknown parentage who suffers from cerebral and motor paralysis for six years, and his case was not discovered until after her death due to her circumstances. He was referred to the Public Prosecution Office, and from there to the court, which took into account the circumstances of the incident and sentenced him to two months in prison with a stay of execution.

The case papers revealed that the accused treated the girl with great kindness and provided her with a maid, and he spoke to her in three languages, English, Persian, and Russian, and she responded to him with her eyes because she could not speak.

The Public Prosecution charged him with three charges, along with another (fugitive) of the same nationality, the first of which is his refusal to inform the competent authorities of finding and nurturing a child of unknown parentage without following the rules and procedures stipulated in the law, and his intentional concealment with the fugitive accused of concealing the truth about the child's situation, for not informing the authorities. responsible for her condition and physical health, and for causing the child’s death by mistake, for not following the procedures for informing the competent authorities of her condition and physical health and cuddling her without following the rules.

The facts of the case, as established in the certainty of the court and reassured her and her conscience, and the investigations of the Public Prosecution, stated that the accused “A” wanted to take care and embrace the girl of unknown parentage and identity, so he agreed with a friend of his who knows the truth to host the girl in his house to take care of her, without informing the competent authorities about her condition and physical health.

The case papers indicated that the girl lasted for six years without being informed of her health conditions, which caused her death, according to what was established in the forensic report.

A maid who was working in the house of the accused in the investigations said that she had lived in the country for nearly six years, and had been working for a family in another emirate, and had ran away from the house and came to Dubai to look for work.

She added that six years ago, the accused called her and asked her to work for him in the apartment and to take care of a child of people of determination, so she continued to take care of her all these years, until her temperature rose and she called an ambulance after calling the accused, while he, for his part, informed the police.

By asking the accused in the investigations, he admitted that he was taking care of the girl before her death, and his colleague left her to him in the restaurant, and asked him to provide her with a maid to take care of her, indicating that he did not know her nationality or origin, and she did not bear the features of his country, ruling out that she is of Uzbek origin, and it is likely that she is From an Arab country, according to the color of her skin.

He pointed out that she was suffering from quadriplegia, and she could not move anything from her body except her eyes, and there was a distortion in her limbs, so she was not able to speak or speak, or even move her lips, indicating that she was expressing her feelings only with drops of tears when she was feeling sad, or Laughing in its own way.

He added that he was aware that she understood him when she laughed to express her happiness, especially when he told her that he would feed her himself, and talk to her, and she interacted by moving her eyes with signs indicating understanding, satisfaction or discomfort, etc. with him.

After examining the case, the court concluded that it sees from the defendant's morals and past that he will not return to what he did again, so it decided to suspend the imprisonment sentence for a period of two months against him, and the appeals court upheld the verdict.

The girl used to express her feelings with eyes and tears.. The accused communicated with her in three languages.

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