Dubai: Three men have been jailed for two years each for being responsible for the death of a prostitute, who fell while jumping from the third floor balcony of a hotel where she was confined.

The prostitute met the three Uzbek men in a nightclub and agreed to have sex with them for Dh1,000 in a hotel room in Al Qusais in November.

Once the Uzbek trio finished having sex with the woman, they had a heated argument leading to an altercation after she asked for extra money.

The Uzbek trio, a businessman and two unemployed men, beat her, took her money and left her locked up in the room.

Dubai Police’s operation room were alerted about a woman’s death after she fell from the hotel room while attempting to jump from one balcony to another.

Police interrogations led to the arrest of the 31-year-old Uzbek businessman, who had rented the room and was at the lobby when the police arrived.

The businessman said that he and his countrymen had brought the woman to the hotel to have sex with her.

The other two men were apprehended.

On Sunday, the Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the Uzbek trio of having paid sex, stealing the victim’s Dh2,300 and being liable for her fatal fall after they had locked her up in the room.

Presiding judge Mohammad Jamal said the trio will be deported after serving their punishments.

The defendants will be tried for consuming liquor before the Dubai Misdemeanours Court.

The defendants denied being liable for the woman’s death but they admitted that they had sex with her.

They also refuted the robbery charge.

A police lieutenant said according to hotel records the 31-year-old accused had rented the room.

“We asked him to call his countrymen to the hotel and we arrested them. On-site investigations revealed that the prostitute fell to her death while trying to jump from one balcony to the another. She was found fully dressed and her clothes weren’t torn or ripped off. According to the forensic examiner, she had some cuts on her hands which may have been result of her fight with the trio in the room,” he said.

Sunday’s ruling remains subject to appeal.