(July 04, 2011, Ras Al Khaimah, Gulf news)-- The RAK Criminal Court of First Instance has sentenced the 23-year-old Ethiopian maid to death by a firing squad for murdering her Moroccan employer and her 30-month old-daughter.
The verdict was pronounced by Judge Bilal Addul Baki on Wednesday. The Court of First Instance in Ras Al Khaimah reached its verdict after eight different hearings.
The maid appeared shocked to hear the verdict. She was crying and unable to stand or speak as she fell to the ground , a court official said.
Denial of blood money
The verdict came after the refusal of the victims' relatives to accept blood money, the official said.
"Her former employer, Ebrahim Salim Al Mansouri, the Emirati man who lost his wife and daughter, said yesterday he has no interest in accepting a blood money settlement and wants to see justice served through the death penalty as soon as possible," the official added. The double murder took place in Ras Al Khaimah in August 2010.
The maid had only been working for her employer one week when she alleged the Moroccan woman verbally abused her and threatened to terminate her employment.
The maid claims the murders were in self-defence, the official added. The court resumed the trial after medical tests showed the 23-year-old maid was not suffering from any mental problems when she stabbed her Moroccan employer 117 times, 72 times from front and 47 times from back, and set the mother and her baby on fire.
She then stole her employer's jewellery and fled to Sharjah, where she was captured by the police.
Confession
The public prosecutor requested the death penalty as a legitimate punishment for the maid, after recording and revealing to the court the maid's confession of murdering the 35-year-old Moroccan woman and her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter.
The public prosecution charged the maid with murder, arson and theft.
The Ethiopian maid came to the UAE in 2009 and worked for two different families before going to Ras Al Khaimah, where she was employed by the victim for just one week.
The sentence is subject to appeal and the defence lawyer Ramzi Al Ajouz plans to appeal in the next few days.
Source: Gulf News
The verdict was pronounced by Judge Bilal Addul Baki on Wednesday. The Court of First Instance in Ras Al Khaimah reached its verdict after eight different hearings.
The maid appeared shocked to hear the verdict. She was crying and unable to stand or speak as she fell to the ground , a court official said.
Denial of blood money
The verdict came after the refusal of the victims' relatives to accept blood money, the official said.
"Her former employer, Ebrahim Salim Al Mansouri, the Emirati man who lost his wife and daughter, said yesterday he has no interest in accepting a blood money settlement and wants to see justice served through the death penalty as soon as possible," the official added. The double murder took place in Ras Al Khaimah in August 2010.
The maid had only been working for her employer one week when she alleged the Moroccan woman verbally abused her and threatened to terminate her employment.
The maid claims the murders were in self-defence, the official added. The court resumed the trial after medical tests showed the 23-year-old maid was not suffering from any mental problems when she stabbed her Moroccan employer 117 times, 72 times from front and 47 times from back, and set the mother and her baby on fire.
She then stole her employer's jewellery and fled to Sharjah, where she was captured by the police.
Confession
The public prosecutor requested the death penalty as a legitimate punishment for the maid, after recording and revealing to the court the maid's confession of murdering the 35-year-old Moroccan woman and her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter.
The public prosecution charged the maid with murder, arson and theft.
The Ethiopian maid came to the UAE in 2009 and worked for two different families before going to Ras Al Khaimah, where she was employed by the victim for just one week.
The sentence is subject to appeal and the defence lawyer Ramzi Al Ajouz plans to appeal in the next few days.
Source: Gulf News
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