Dubai:
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A Pakistani man has been accused of stabbing his countryman to death after the two had a homosexual affair, a Dubai court of First Instance heard on Sunday.
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The 20-year-old defendant stabbed the victim in a warehouse at Bur Dubai area on August, before trying to escape to Oman but the police arrested him 24 hours after the murder.
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According to official records, the defendant was arrested by Al Ain police and handed over to Dubai police.
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The defendant admitted to officers that he used a knife to kill his countryman.
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“He claimed that the victim was his relative and they had a homosexual affair. The victim called him asking to meet in a warehouse but he went and stabbed the victim in his chest, shoulder and neck and escaped. He intended to kill the victim and guided us to a garbage bin where he dumped his clothes and the knife,” a 30-year-old Emirati policeman said in records.
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The defendant said that he took a taxi to Sharjah and paid Dh2,000 to unknown man to smuggled him outside the UAE to Oman but he was arrested later.
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A medical report confirmed that the victim suffered bleeding after stabbing wounds in various parts of his body.
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A Pakistani friend testified that he received a call from a relative of the defendant saying there is a problem between the defendant and the victim.
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“I called the victim but nobody answered and the defendant switched off his mobile phone. I went to the warehouse at Al Quoz Industrial area to check when I saw the body of the victim in a pool of blood,” the Pakistani witness said in records.
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Dubai Public Prosecution charged the defendant with premeditated murder and asked for death penalty.
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The trial has been adjourned till December 31.
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