They stole a woman's bag in Al-Raffah area

Two unemployed people invest their friendship in illegal work

The Dubai court sentenced the defendants to imprisonment and fines. Archival

The Dubai Misdemeanor Court sentenced two friends (Asians), unemployed, to imprison, so they agreed to carry out theft crimes, and the opportunity came when they saw a woman who left a bag on a table in front of a store in the Al Raffah area, so they kidnapped her quickly and fled, and shared the money inside before arresting them and referring them to the Public Prosecution.

According to the facts of the case, as established by the certainty of the court and reassured by its conscience, and stated in the investigations of the Public Prosecution, that the defendants are friends and from the same town, and are united by the unemployment association, and they came to look for work in the State, and worked together and then left work, and set out to search for a source of money, even if it was illegal.

On the day of the incident, they were walking in the Al-Raffah area, and I saw a handbag on a table on which two women were sitting, and they decided to steal it, and one of them monitored the situation, while the other went to the table and snatched the bag and fled, and found 1000 dirhams inside, two phones, bank cards, and receipts, so they divided the amount, and one of them got a phone, while another was destroyed.

As soon as the report was received by the victim, the police conducted their investigations, identified the first accused, and arrested him, and he admitted in the evidentiary report and the investigations of the Public Prosecution and before the court that he was walking on his way in the Al-Raffa area, accompanied by the second defendant, and saw a bag on a table, and the second defendant asked him to steal it, so he did so and fled the place very quickly, and shared the loot, stating that the crime was carried out with the planning of his friend.

For his part, the second defendant said in the Public Prosecution's investigations that they were walking in the large market area, and his friend, the first defendant, decided to steal the bag, so he watched the place, and the other went to the table, and snatched the bag quickly and then fled the place, and shared the amount between them.

The court stated in the reasoning of the verdict that the crime is complete, based on the defendants' confession of their full will, that they stole the bag belonging to the victim, but it considers from the circumstances of the case that he took them with a share of clemency, and then sentenced them to one month in prison, fined them jointly an amount of 4000 dirhams, and deported them from the state.