DUBAI // A builder who killed a man by crushing his skull with a concrete slab was today sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The Dubai Criminal Court convicted the Bangladeshi builder AK, 34, of premeditated murder and ordered that he should be deported following the completion of his prison term.
The builder killed his compatriot AG at a villa construction site in October 2011 when he attacked him as he slept. The killing was motivated by a Dh11,000 debt that the deceased man refused to pay.
The body was discovered by an Emirati man who then alerted the authorities.
Police arrested the builder in an Abu Dhabi labour camp at Madinat Mohammed Bin Zayed, 28 kilometres south-east of the capital.
A combined team of Abu Dhabi and Dubai Police officers raided the camp and apprehended the suspect.
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Ain Dubai in numbers
126: The length in metres of the legs supporting the structure
1 football pitch: The length of each permanent spoke is longer than a professional soccer pitch
16 A380 Airbuses: The equivalent weight of the wheel rim.
9,000 tonnes: The amount of steel used to construct the project.
5 tonnes: The weight of each permanent spoke that is holding the wheel rim in place
192: The amount of cable wires used to create the wheel. They measure a distance of 2,4000km in total, the equivalent of the distance between Dubai and Cairo.
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