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Cop accepts Dh5,000 bribe to help Emirati escape

Dubai - The businessman was also sentenced to three years in prison on charges of offering a bribe and escape detention.

A policeman, charged with helping a detainee escape the Port detention centre after he was paid Dh5,000 worth of a bribe, was sentenced to 3 years in jail on Sunday.
The Court of First Instance was earlier told the 27-year-old policeman (a Comoros Islands passport holder) solicited and collected Dh5,000 worth of a bribe from the Emirati businessman, aged 35, who was then detained on forgery and fraud charges.
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The sum was allegedly deposited in his bank account by an unknown woman.
The court ordered the officer, who also lost his job, to pay Dh5,000 as a fine and that he be deported.
The businessman was also sentenced to three years in prison on charges of offering a bribe and escape detention.
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The escape took place on October 14, last year, when the officer allegedly abused his post as he was in the control room at the detention. He opened the backside gate (usually used for entry and exit of the detainees) leading to the parking lot where he had parked his car for the businessman to take in his getaway.
The policeman pleaded earlier not guilty to charges of soliciting and collecting a bribe and helping a detainee escape detention.
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A police lieutenant said the policeman on trial admitted that he helped the detainee escape.
"He never parked his car in the internal car park but he did on October 14, when the businessman ran away at 5:00am. The latter drove the policeman's car which indicated that the two had pre-arranged for it".
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The lieutenant added that the businessman managed to exit the main gate of the detention centre as he was driving the cop's tinted car which was known to the guards.
The policeman said during the interrogation the businessman had promised to help him secure a better job in Abu Dhabi.
The businessman was arrested at 7:00am on October 24 in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, with the help of an informant's tip-off. The cop's car keys were found with the businessman.
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The cop on trial was arrested at around 7:00am on the same day of the escape.
The ruling remains subject to appeal.
mary@khaleejtimes.com