Five years in jail for 70-year-old woman caught pimping UAE prostitute

The woman claims she was just negotiating a Dh80,000 wedding dowry for the woman she was trying to sell the services of.

ABU DHABI// A 70-year-old woman has been jailed for attempting to prostitute another woman to a undercover policeman for Dh80,000.

The criminal court handed N, a Palestinian, and the woman she tried to sell, A, an Iraqi in her 40s, five-years in prison, followed by deportation.

The woman were convicted after the policeman filmed the negotiations while posing as a customer.

The court was shown the video of the two women having a long discussion with the officer.

The women denied the charges, saying they were only negotiating a wedding dowry for A.

“I have been living in the country for 56 years, why would I do such an act now?” N argued in an earlier hearing.

The court heard that A was divorced from an Emirati man. N had convinced her that the potential suitor was affluent, unlike her former husband who was always arguing with her about money.