Dubai: An Emirati man was sentenced to three months in jail for threatening to kill his former wife and damaging furniture at her apartment over a dispute, the Dubai Court of First Instance has ruled.
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The 44-year-old Emirati woman claimed that her 26-year-old former husband divorced her in May 2019. She was at her apartment in Mirdif when he called her asking for his ATM card.
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When she asked him to come and collect the card, he visited her apartment at 5am.
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“I asked him to look for the card in his belongings. After a heated argument, I told him to take all his belongings or I will send them to his mother’s house in Ajman. He was angry and started damaging the furniture. He brought a kitchen knife and put the blade near my face threatening to kill me,” said the woman in records.
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The defendant set ablaze a garbage bin, following which the fire alarm went off and the security guard came to check what was wrong.
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While the defendant fled the apartment, the woman informed Al Rashidiya police station.
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During interrogation, the defendant admitted to threatening the woman and damaging her property.
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He was charged with threatening his former wife and damaging property worth Dh2,000.
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