Dubai woman irons maid's body, pours hot water on her

A housewife, who tortured her maid repeatedly on various occasions over a certain period of time and used sharp tools to assault her, was sentenced to one year in jail on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old Jordanian was accused of pushing scissors in the maid's left ear and causing her hearing loss. She was also accused of ironing her body and pouring hot water on her.
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She earlier denied an aggravated physical assault charge in the Court of First Instance
The court sentenced her to one year in jail to be followed by deportation.
The housewife admitted in the investigation that she would lock up the maid in her room at night or when she leaves the house with her husband because she did not trust her to be around her children alone and for fear she would abscond.
She also confessed before the investigators that she did not give her salary since June 2015 and up to March, 2016.
The maid, a 28-year-old Indonesian, said that since she began working for her sponsor's wife about three years earlier, the latter would beat her up for any mistake.
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She ran away and complained to her country's consulate officials that the housewife would use sharp tools like knives, scissors and utensils to hit her. "She would bang my head against the wall, pull my hair and pour boiling water on my body. I lost the hearing sense in the left ear after the defendant stuck scissors inside it," the maid said.
She could not escape to seek help because her employer's wife would lock her up inside her room when she leaves the house.
A PRO at the Indonesian consulate said that the maid complained she had not received her monthly salaries. "I took her to hospital for examination and then filed a complaint at Jebel Ali police station," the 49-year-old Indonesian PRO said.
The forensic report showed the maid's ear injury resulted from being hit with scissors
Other marks on her face, head, neck and abdomen showed she was hit with sharp tools like scissors and knife.
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Burn marks on her back suggest hot liquids were poured on her.
Injury marks on her back, chest, abdomen, arms and thigh indicate that she was burned by ironing.
The report confirmed the maid was tortured over a certain period of time while she was deprived of her freedom.
The ruling may be appealed.
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