Man who slit roommate’s throat convicted of murder

The Egyptian murderer claimed that the victim had been raping him while he was too drunk to remember what had happened. After confronting him about the incident, he cut his throat.

DUBAI // A blacksmith was sent to jail for 15 years on Sunday after a Dubai court found him guilty of killing his roommate.

Egyptian S M, 28, told Dubai Criminal Court last November that he did not know his roommate had been raping him because he was drunk.

On June 13 last year S M, who heard about the rapes from colleagues, waited for M N to get out of the shower at their accommodation in Al Qusais industrial area before attacking him and cutting his throat, police major A  A, 36, said.

“S M told us that he and the deceased used to drink alcohol together, then days later he noticed his colleagues giggle, laugh and whisper when they saw him,” A A said. “One of them called him the ‘bride’. He asked them why and was told that when S M had been drunk on several occasions, M N raped him.”

A A added that the defendant became angry and decided to seek revenge and bought a knife three days before the murder.

“When M N returned to the room, S M confronted him about the rape but M N did not answer, looked down at him and turned his back, so S M attacked him and cut his throat.”

Nepali S S, 30, testified that he shared accommodation with the killer and the dead man.

“I was out with my wife and when I returned to the shared room at nearly 8.30pm I noticed a man next to the bin, but I was afraid to get near him. I kept walking towards the room and when I got there I saw a river of blood, so I called the manager of our company and told him,” S S said.

Prosecutors said S M confessed during investigations, but in court he denied premeditated murder saying he did assault M N with a knife but did not mean to kill him.

He will be deported after completing his jail term. The verdict is open to appeal within 15 days.