Maids held for ‘killing chauffeur over affairs’

The Asian man’s body was found in his living quarters at the house. It was initially thought he died of natural causes, however, investigations by CID officers and forensic reports found that he had been killed.

DUBAI // Two housemaids who were having separate, illegal affairs with a chauffeur, allegedly conspired to kill him at their employer’s home in Sharjah, police say.

The Asian man’s body was found in his living quarters at the house. It was initially thought that he had died of natural causes, but forensic reports and investigations by CID officers revealed that he had been killed.

Officers discovered that two maids working at the same house were in a relationship with the driver. When they found out, they strangled him while he slept in a room adjacent to theirs. They tried to hide evidence and make it look like a case of natural death.

Officers at the Al Gharb police station received a call from the driver’s employers reporting that he had been found dead. He was dressed in pyjamas and lying on his bed with boxes of pills at his side.

A forensic report found that the man had been strangled. Thereafter, the focus of investigation shifted to the relationship between the chauffeur and two housemaids, a Filipina and an Indonesian.

The women were arrested and one of them confessed that they had planned and carried out the murder when they found out that the victim was having illicit relations with both of them.

Subsequently their case was transferred to Sharjah’s Public Prosecution.