The Dubai Criminal Court heard the first session of a case in which a Gulf citizen was accused of assaulting two policemen on duty.

The case dates back to September when the policemen tried to stop the defendant following a report that was received by the operations room on trouble in a hotel.

According to the testimony of the first victim, upon the arrival of the patrol, the defendant was seen with a woman going out of the hotel with blood in his hands. The defendant was under the influence of alcohol. When an ambulance arrived to examine him, the defendant refused to receive medical treatment by the paramedics and showed extreme resistance before insulting the policemen. The court ordered that the defendant be remanded in custody.

Recently, a habitual drinker who ended up abusing a woman he was planning to marry was sentenced to 25 years behind bars by the Dubai Criminal Court.

The unemployed Arab defendant, 36, breached the honour of the Moroccan woman – a sales executive, 37 – inside his apartment at around 1.30am on Jul.28. He clutched her and seized her mouth, records read.

She reported him to the Rashidiyah Police Station. During police and prosecution interrogations, the defendant admitted to have had a physical encounter with her. He will be deported after serving the life term.

On the record, the woman revealed he befriended her after several visits to her workplace at a shop inside a mall. He proposed to marry her. She agreed provided he travelled to her homeland and met her parents.

Their relationship became unstable as she kept demanding him to stop drinking. They broke up. He later relentlessly apologised and invited her for supper. She thought he was taking her to a restaurant as usual. He rather took her to his flat in Al Warsan for supper. He harassed her and demanded to know whether she really loved him. She reminded him he had to visit her homeland for an official marriage as earlier agreed.

He abused alcohol until he was too intoxicated. He turned against her and harassed her. He tried to sexually assault her. She foiled his advances. He punched her right cheek. She tried to run outside. He stopped her.

They brawled as he offended her until 6am. He fell asleep until 1.30pm. He tried to talk her into forgiving him. She returned to her residence and sat recalling the appalling attack. She resolved to report him to the police.

In a separate case, a restaurant owner abused a jobless woman after luring her with the prospect of signing an employment contract. The Dubai Criminal Court on Wednesday jailed him for three years plus deportation.