Dubai Four workers have been jailed for one month each for stopping a car they were chasing, pulling two men out, stealing Dh5,000 and trying to steal a mobile phone.

The four Pakistanis, aged between 23 and 36, chased the two men’s vehicle and forced them to stop after the driver flashed his high beams for them to stop in Al Muhaisnah.

Once the two men stopped their car, the Pakistani quartet forced them out of their car, assaulted them physically and with a stick before they ran away with Dh5,000 in October.

The two Pakistani victims, who were beaten and robbed, jumped back into their car and drove behind the defendant’s vehicle after they were being asked to do so by the police.

A police patrol team stayed in touch [via phone] with the victims while driving behind the quartet before police apprehended the defendants after they blocked their way at Jebel Ali.

The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the quartet of assaulting the victims, stealing Dh5,000 from one and trying to steal the mobile phone of another.According to the primary ruling, the defendants were also fined Dh1,000 each.

The quartet had pleaded not guilty in court.

One of the victims said when the defendants flashed the high beam, he stopped his car thinking they were his relatives.

“I pulled over. They rushed out of their vehicle and came straight to us. They forced us out of my vehicle and assaulted us. They beat us and hit us with a stick. When I fell down, they took away my wallet that had fallen from my pocket. Then one of them snatched away my friend’s phone when he tried to call the police. Then I asked my friend to leave everything behind and run away … while we were running away, I called the police with my phone. When I told the police that they had absconded, I was instructed to follow them and keep the phone line open to guide the police to come and apprehend them. I gave the directions to the police until we reached Jebel Ali … a police patrol blocked their way and apprehended them,” he testified.

Records said the two victims had to visit a hospital for treatment.The defendants have already appealed their primary judgement before the Appeals Court.

A hearing will be scheduled soon.