A mechanic, 23, convicted of killing his employer in a sustained attack prompted by a row over time off work, has lost an appeal against his life sentence.
The man from Kyrgyzstan was found guilty of premeditated murder by the Dubai Criminal Court in April 2021 after hitting the victim several times with a hammer before stabbing him repeatedly in the neck.
The court heard the mechanic worked at a car repair shop in the Al Quoz industrial area of Dubai at the time of the incident.
A dispute broke out with his boss over the date of his flight back home for a holiday.
On June 13, 2020, he waited for his co-workers to take a break and leave the garage before he locked the front door of the premises.
He entered his employer's office armed with a knife and a hammer and carried out the brutal assault.
He left both weapons at the scene and walked out of the office.
Other workers discovered the victim's body and called the police.
Officers traced the offender to an address near to his country’s embassy in Dubai and arrested him.
“He admitted the murder and said he was heading to the embassy to ask them for help to leave the country,” a police officer said in court evidence.
A medical report said the victim died of multiple head injuries and stab wounds.
The attacker admitted to charges of carrying out a premeditated murder.
The Dubai Appeal Court upheld the verdict of the lower court, meaning the man will serve a life sentence, equivalent to 25 years, before being deported from the country.
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US tops drug cost charts
The study of 13 essential drugs showed costs in the United States were about 300 per cent higher than the global average, followed by Germany at 126 per cent and 122 per cent in the UAE.
Thailand, Kenya and Malaysia were rated as nations with the lowest costs, about 90 per cent cheaper.
In the case of insulin, diabetic patients in the US paid five and a half times the global average, while in the UAE the costs are about 50 per cent higher than the median price of branded and generic drugs.
Some of the costliest drugs worldwide include Lipitor for high cholesterol.
The study’s price index placed the US at an exorbitant 2,170 per cent higher for Lipitor than the average global price and the UAE at the eighth spot globally with costs 252 per cent higher.
High blood pressure medication Zestril was also more than 2,680 per cent higher in the US and the UAE price was 187 per cent higher than the global price.
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Fly from Dubai or Abu Dhabi to Chiang Mai in Thailand, via Bangkok, before taking a five-hour bus ride across the Laos border to Huay Xai. The land border crossing at Huay Xai is a well-trodden route, meaning entry is swift, though travellers should be aware of visa requirements for both countries.
Flights from Dubai start at Dh4,000 return with Emirates, while Etihad flights from Abu Dhabi start at Dh2,000. Local buses can be booked in Chiang Mai from around Dh50
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