There
was drama in the courtroom on Sunday(today) when the father of Wudeema,
an eight-year-old girl who was tortured to death, got irritated by a
Dubai Police officer’s testimony and jumped over the dock, wanting to
attack the witness before a two-man security team in the room restrained
him.
The
29-year-old Emirati father, Hamad S., grumbled and jumped over the dock
wanting to attack the lieutenant when he was testifying before the
Dubai Court of First Instance.
“Allah
is sufficient for me against you!” shouted Hamad when he jumped over in
his prison dress, wanting to assault the lieutenant.
Policeman
Saleh Ali was quicker than Hamad and restrained him immediately. Hamad
continued trying to make his way towards the lieutenant who stood
between two lawyers in front of the judges’ bench.
Other
policemen present in courtroom seven immobilised the Emirati who is
standing trial along with his 27-year-old Emirati girlfriend [who claims
to be his wife], Al Onoud A. for illegally confining his two daughters
in a flat, torturing Wudeema to death and injuring seven-year-old Meera.
Meera sustained 10 per cent permanent disability.
“Put
him back inside,” presiding judge Maher Salama Al Mahdi told the
policemen who restrained Hamad and later took him to the detention
centre.
“I
did it. I did everything. I am responsible for all what happened. I
want you to give me a capital punishment…,” Al Onoud cursed and shouted
inside the courtroom.
What
triggered the dramatic scene was the lieutenant’s response to the
court’s question. “Why did the suspects lock up the victims inside the
washroom?” Presiding Judge Al Mahdi asked the lieutenant.
“The
father [Hamad] locked them up in the washroom so he could sleep with
his mistress,” replied the witness. This irked the defendant.
During
Sunday’s trial, the court heard two prosecution witnesses. Presiding
judge Al Mahdi adjourned the case to December 12 to hear more
prosecution witnesses.
Towards
the beginning of Sunday’s hearing, Hamad told the court as he walked
in: “I told you sir that I don’t want the press to be present in the
courtroom. Otherwise, I won’t stay here.” However, the bench of judges
disregarded his request.
In
a previous hearing, a policeman testified: “The girl and her younger
sister were left unfed in the flat. On the night the girl died, she
vomited a lot because she ate her own faeces. She and her sister used to
eat leftover food and sometimes their own faeces.”
Prosecutors are seeking capital punishment for the defendants. [GN]
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