Dubai maid who stabbed co-worker escapes death penalty
Sentence reduced to life in jail after appeal court judges fail to reach decision
Dubai, September 30, 2013: A woman who stabbed her co-worker to death
because she called her crazy — and then stabbed herself in the neck with
a meat skewer — has escaped the death sentence after appeal court
judges failed to reach a decision. Her sentence was reduced to life
imprisonment.
Prosecutors accused the 28-year-old Ethiopian housemaid of stabbing her countrywoman co-worker, H.S., 35 times before trying to slit her own throat with a meat skewer.
Prosecution records said F.Y. stabbed H.S. repeatedly with a kitchen knife following a brawl, the reasons for which remain unclear.
The attack happened inside the laundry room of a villa in the Al Bida’a area on July 9.
Prosecutors accused the 28-year-old Ethiopian housemaid of stabbing her countrywoman co-worker, H.S., 35 times before trying to slit her own throat with a meat skewer.
Prosecution records said F.Y. stabbed H.S. repeatedly with a kitchen knife following a brawl, the reasons for which remain unclear.
The attack happened inside the laundry room of a villa in the Al Bida’a area on July 9.
Courtesy: Gulf News
