ABU DHABI // A pair of men who attacked a paramedic with a sword have appealed against their prison sentence.
The Appeals Court heard that on Wednesday on June 3 last year, the paramedic, an Emirati, was walking home when he was approached by two men in a car.
The men, A A, and A R, also Emiratis, pulled over in front of him and stopped.
“A A got out the car and attacked me with a sword. The sword hit the car and my left elbow,” said the victim.
He said he required four days of treatment in hospital for his injuries, followed by four months of physiotherapy.
The court heard that A R was driving the car and A A attacked the paramedic.
The victim denied there was any dispute between the two, although he said: “I had a dispute with his nephew but we had reconciled.”
A A denied the paramedic’s allegations.
”I just got out from the car to greet him,” he said.
“To greet him with a sword?” asked the judge.
“No, he was the one holding the sword and attacked me with it, so I took it away from him but did not mean to hurt him with it. I was only defending myself,” said A A.
The pair’s defendant lawyers asked for an adjournment to prepare their defence.
The case was adjourned until June 22.
hdajani@thenational.ae
