‘Dubai policeman with alcohol problem threatens to kill colleague if he gets sacked’

Officer said Yemeni turned up at a station drunk to have words with him after the former found out about the latter's alcohol issues.

DUBAI // A policeman threatened to kill a colleague if he told his superiors that he had an alcohol problem, heard Dubai Criminal Court on Sunday.

The 54-year-old Dubai Police officer on the receiving end said he found out about the alcohol issues of the Yemeni defendant, 43, after which, on August 7, he received a visit from the drunken accused at a police station.

“It was 3.30pm and I was sleeping at the barracks at the Raffa police station when he came and followed me to the toilet then started insulting me with inappropriate words,” said the officer.

The defendant allegedly then threatened to kill him with a knife if he told anyone about him drinking alcohol. At that point, the officer restrained the defendant with the help of other officers before reporting him.

A fellow policeman said he helped out. “He told me what was going on and, when we went to the officer on duty, I heard as the defendant threatened to kill him, saying that, ‘if I am dismissed from work over this, I will kill you’,” he said.

The defendant told court: “No, I didn’t threaten or insult him.”

The next hearing will be on December 6.