Nurse steals watch, laptop from elderly patient in Dubai

Dubai - The sponsor's son, a 33-year-old soldier, said they hired the nurse to take care of his ailing father in June 2016.

A nurse faced trial in the Court of First Instance on the charges of stealing valuables from her sponsor's home and was also accused of breach of trust.
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The 26-year-old Sudanese nurse has been accused of stealing an expensive watch and a laptop, while her Emirati sponsor was out of the country.
The sponsor's son, a 33-year-old soldier, said they hired the nurse to take care of his ailing father in June 2016.
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"When my father left the country for treatment, we wanted to take her temporarily to stay at my brother's house until he returned.
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"She refused at first but since we insisted, she said she would leave her bags in our house and someone would come back later to take them.
"But she decided suddenly she wanted to travel back to her country," he told the prosecutor.
"When my sister and sister-in-law searched her bags they found a watch, and a laptop that belonged to my father in addition to Dh6,000. We then reported her to the police." The complaint was registered on October 10, last year at Bur Dubai police station.
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The 81-year-old sponsor said he did not gift the nurse the laptop but gave it to her to use while she worked for him. "I don't recall gifting her a watch. I had only asked to give her a bank card for fuel purchases".
Paper clippings thought to be talismans bearing symbols, names and numbers were also seized from the woman apart from the stolen items. The nurse has been detained.
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