DUBAI // A construction worker will spend three years in jail after he was found guilty of fracturing his colleague’s skull, leaving his brain exposed, in a fight four years ago.
Dubai Criminal Court convicted M M, 32, from Bangladesh, of physical assault and causing a permanent disability to M F M on December 8, 2011, to which he confessed in October.
He told the court he and the victim had a dispute at work but the supervisor came and ended it.
“A few days later he assaulted me with a solid object while we were in the company’s accommodation,” said the victim, whose age and nationality were not in court records.
He said he started bleeding from his head and was taken to hospital, where he underwent long-term treatment.
A report issued in July confirmed that M F M suffers from a 16 per cent permanent disability as a result of the attack, which left him without some of his skull on his forehead, leaving his brain unprotected.
It was not revealed why the case took four years to be referred to court.
The construction worker will be deported after completing his jail term.
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