Dubai maid jailed for stealing Dh5,000 from police officer sponsor

DUBAI // A maid was sentenced to three months in jail for stealing Dh5,000 from her policeman sponsor’s house, which was monitored with surveillance cameras.

Sri Lankan PJ, 50, was found guilty by Dubai Criminal Court of taking the money as well as a Samsung mobile phone and a watch on October 20 last year.

The 30-year-old Emirati policeman, SS, said that, on the day of the incident, he and his family left the house in Al Warqa to go to work.

“When I returned at 2.30pm, my wife told me that the maid cannot be found and may have absconded,” said the officer, who added that he checked the surveillance camera recordings and saw the maid leaving the villa carrying a bag with her.

The policeman and his wife then checked their belongings and found that a Samsung phone was missing, as well as Dh5,000 in cash that had been taken from the wife’s mother’s bedroom. The watch and a bottle of men’s aftershave were also missing, so SS called police to report the theft.

The next day, the maid was arrested and confessed to stealing from her sponsor. The cash and items were found in her handbag.

She will be deported after completing her jail term.