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Dubai: Four men have gone on trial accused of disfiguring another man who tried to break up a fight in a Dubai hotel, a court heard on Monday.
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The 22-year-old Emirati victim was with his friends at a five-star hotel in Al Garhoud in July when he saw the defendants having an argument with a fifth man. The victim and his friend tried to calm the situation down before returning to his table in the cafe with his friends.
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“I was leaving the hotel with my friends when I saw the same group of men who insulted us,” the victim said in records.
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The defendants – two Emiratis and two Saudis – accused the victim of harassing a girl who was sitting with them.
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The victim’s friend, an Emirati policeman, testified that one of the defendants assaulted him before the hotel’s security guards interfered and forced the men to leave.
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“I was heading to my car when they attacked me thinking that I was a friend of the fifth man. They hit me with a paving slab and fled,” the victim added.
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The victim’s friend, who is a policeman, saw the attack and took him to Rashid hospital.
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A medical report said the front of the man’s skull was fractured leaving him with heavy internal and external bleeding. The injuries required metal plates to be implanting.
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The report confirmed that the victim suffered 15 per cent permanent disability with frequent headaches.
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“The attackers admitted the attack claiming the victim harassed a female friend who was with them. That was the spark of the attack,” said a policeman.
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Prosecution charged the four defendants aged between 21 to 26, with physical assault that caused a permanent disability and insults.
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One of them was additionally charged with physically assaulting the victim’s policeman friend.
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The defendants denied the charges in court and the trial has been adjourned until October 31.
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