Three months in jail for maid who tried to steal from employer

DUBAI // A maid who tried to steal bedsheets, cutlery, socks, food and other household items from her employer’s home has been jailed.

At Dubai Criminal Court on Sunday, the 46-year-old Filipina was sentenced to three months in jail for attempted theft.

Prosecutors said she had been working for her Emirati sponsor for eight years before she tried to steal the items from their home in Bur Dubai in November last year.

The maid did not give a reason for her actions. “I just want to go home,” she told judges.

She will be deported on completion of her sentence.