3 men on trial over death of woman in hotel

dubai — Three men, who allegedly locked up a prostitute inside a hotel room, prompting her to try to escape and consequently fall to her death, were charged in court on Sunday.

The three Uzbek men — aged 24, 31 and 35 — had brought the Arab prostitute to their hotel room where they later disagreed on the money. They assaulted the victim and stole Dh2,300 from her. After they confined her she tried to climb into another balcony but her foot slipped and fell to death.

They were charged at the Court of First Instance with illegal confinement of the victim that led to her death, theft, illicit consensual sex and consuming alcohol without

Dust on her clothes and her missing shoe suggested she had tried to climb her way to another balcony at the third floor of the hotel.” Police officer

a licence. The incident took place on November 11, 2017, and was reported to Al Qusais police station.

“We moved to the scene where the victim’s body was found in front of a hotel. Dust on her clothes and her missing shoe suggested she had tried to climb her way to another balcony at the third floor of the hotel where she was found,” a police captain said.

“She had hand cuts caused after she had tried to protect herself in the room where the assault over money had ensued. Those three men confessed that after having sex with her, they would not let her leave because it was not midnight yet. Circumstances led us to believe the victim had been held up against her will and tried to escape through the balcony while two of the accused were in the room.”

The CCTV cameras caught them running away from the hotel right after the victim’s fall.

“We moved to the hotel and found the 31-year-old defendant restrained by the staff and security. We arrested him after learning the room had been rented by him. We checked the surveillance cameras and saw that the accused had come to the hotel with the victim,” a police major said.

The police arrested the other two accomplices few hours later. They claimed they had brought the victim from a night club to have sex for Dh1,000.

The forensic report showed the cause of death was severe injuries in the head, chest and abdomen, limbs, bone fractures and heavy internal bleeding.

The victim was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of her death, according to that report. She had been dead for about three hours before she was examined.

The defendants admitted to illicit sex and alcohol charges, claiming they stole the victim’s money after she backed out on her agreement with them.

The trial has been adjourned to April 17.