DUBAI // A man who hit another over the head with a block of wood causing a brain haemorrhage after a financial dispute turned violent will spend a year in jail.
On May 26 last year, officers at Al Rafaa police station received a report about a fight and that the victim, whose nationality and age were not available in records, had been taken to hospital to undergo an emergency life-saving operation.
“We collected evidence from surveillance cameras and saw a number of men carrying the victim into a lift. Another clip showed one man dragging the victim as he tried to escape, then striking him on the head with a wooden block,” a police officer said.
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The attacker was identified as a Nigerian man and arrested the same day. During questioning the 29-year-old said he hit the victim in self defence.
“He said that the victim initiated the assault and he grabbed the object from his hand and hit him with it and when the victim fell unconscious on the floor, he threw the block away and ran away,” the officer said.
The victim now needs constant medical care because of the severity of his injuries.
The defendant denied a physical assault charge at Dubai Criminal Court, however he was convicted and sentenced to a year in jail to be followed by deportation.
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