Maid jailed for stealing Dh6,000 from colleague

Dubai - The incident took place on August 23 when the 29-year-old Ethiopian maid took advantage of her fellow domestic helper's absence to steal her money.

A housemaid, who stole Dh6,000 and two mobile phones worth about Dh1,600 from another maid at her sponsor's house, has been sentenced to three months in jail to be followed by deportation. She earlier admitted the theft charge at the Court of First Instance.
The incident took place on August 23 when the 29-year-old Ethiopian maid took advantage of her fellow domestic helper's absence to steal her money. The other maid, also Ethiopian, said she found that her money and mobile phones were missing when she returned from her country's consulate.
The maid added she knew the accused stole her money because they shared the same room in the sponsor's house in Al Qusais. She told her employer.
The Emirati sponsor said that the defendant had been working for two years in his home. "My wife told me on the phone about a problem in the house. When the police arrived, they found the stolen phones in the maid's purse in her room. She was taken into police custody," he said.
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