Dubai: A worker has been jailed for 10 years for throwing his flatmate from the second floor and killing him after he cursed him for not serving him water.
The 30-year-old Indian worker and his countryman flatmate consumed alcohol together in January and when the victim asked the worker to bring him water, the latter refused to do so.
The victim used foul language and cursed the worker’s family, before the 30-year-old defendant was outraged by the remarks and pushed his flatmate from the second floor window at Dubai Investment Park.
The flatmate died on the spot.
Police suspected foul play and further interrogations unveiled that four flatmates [including the defendant and the victim] had consumed liquor that evening and the 30-year-old was the last person present with the deceased in the flat.
On Sunday, the Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the defendant of intentionally killing the victim.
The accused had pleaded not guilty and contended that he didn’t kill the deceased.
Presiding judge Mohammad Jamal said the accused will be deported following the completion of his punishment.
The defendant held the victim up from behind, carried him to the window and tossed him down from the second floor.
“Upon questioning, the defendant said he had a heated argument with the victim who cursed him for not bringing water to drink. The defendant claimed he got angry when the deceased told him that he would have sex with his mother and sisters. He said he carried the victim and threw him out of the window. The worker also claimed that the victim had beaten him and repeatedly cursed his family before he hurled him from the second floor. He further claimed that the victim was too drunk to resist him. During questioning, the defendant claimed that after he threw the victim, he looked at him from the window and then went to sleep,” the sergeant said.
The primary ruling remains subject to appeal within 15 days.
