DUBAI // A driver has admitted to a string of thefts from worshippers while they prayed at a mosque.
On Sunday, M K, 24, a Pakistani, appeared at Dubai Criminal Court charged with disrespecting a place of worship and theft.
The court was told that on August 13 Indian sales officer A A A, 31, was partaking in Al Maghrib prayers at Al Qarq Mosque in Al Karama.
After he finished his prayers, A A A noticed that someone had taken his bag, which contained a mobile phone, ID cards, bank cards and Dh200 in cash.
M M, 34, a Jordanian machinery operator, told the court he was also a victim of theft during the same prayers at the mosque.
“I lost my bag, which had my IDs and other personal belongings in it,” he said.
At a previous case last week, the court heard that A A, 26, an Indian accountant, had his laptop stolen at the Al Qarq Mosque.
When police arrested M K, it was found he had a record of similar thefts.
For these, he had been sentenced to a month in prison followed by deportation.
M K confessed to the three new thefts and is awaiting a verdict on October 29.
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