DUBAI // A maid who threatened to chop off her co-worker’s head before stealing the woman’s salary and running away from their employer has been sent to jail.
Prosecutors said Bangladeshi BB, 25, made the threats to ST, 30, from Nepal, after failing to convince the maid to abscond with her.
“On February 13 this year, BB came to me and told me to run away with her, but I refused. She then threatened that she will come back in two days time with her friends and chop my head off.”
The maid told her sponsor that B B had left after stealing her salary.
Police were able to locate BB and arrested her at an apartment.
“She confessed to stealing the money and threatening to chop off ST’s head,” police officer AK, 24, said.
At the Dubai Criminal Court on Sunday, BB was sentenced to six months in jail.
She will be deported after completing her sentence.
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