Suspended jail term for manager who threatened to kill staff from rival company

At the Dubai Criminal Court last month Egyptian HA, 40, denied charges of threatening to kill but was convicted. However, the court suspended his sentence for three years.

DUBAI // The manager of a contracting company was given a suspended three-month jail term for threatening to kill staff from a rival company.

At Dubai Criminal Court last month, Egyptian H A, 40, denied charges of threatening to kill but was convicted. However, the court suspended his sentence for three years.

Prosecutors said H A had lost a contract for a project in Oud Metha to a rival in July last year.

On July 12, after the owner of the project had cancelled H A’s company’s licence, workers from the new company arrived at the construction site to take over but were confronted by a security guard, who prevented them from entering.

“The manager of our company, an engineer, a representative of the owner and myself headed to the location that day,” said Egyptian M A, a legal consultant.

He said that as they started to unload their equipment, the guard stopped them. M A called police as he feared a stand-off might develop.

Later, M A said H A arrived and threatened the manager and workers that he would “massacre” anyone who set foot on the site.

Emirati policeman R L, 28, was called. “I was briefed about the issue, after which I spoke to H A, asking him to resolve the matter amicably but he refused and started threatening,” the officer said.