Tag: Crime

Lawyer of girl born in mixed-marriage complains of Algeria High Court

Algeria’s High Court has committed a serious and unprecedented act by prematurely deciding in the guardianship of a 7-year-old girl born in mixed-marriage, according to an Algerian lawyer.

On February 13, the court rejected an appeal launched by Safia’s family against Jacques Sharlbook who claims to be her father.

“The High Court has not decided in a fatherhood case and directly jumped to a guardianship one,” said lawyer Fatma Zohra Ben Braham.

“We have to know that French Sharlbook has not proven that he is Safia’s father while an old new party in the case showed up. Mohamed Youcefi is still claiming his marriage with Khadija Ferh Belhocine, Safia’s mother.”

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Algerians Arrested Over Transfering Illegal Migrants From Spain to France

The Spanish Civil Guard Services, in the region of Murcia, southeastern Spain, arrested four Algerian nationals, aged between 22 and 34 years, who were active in a cell for trafficking in human beings through transporting them from the western Algerian coasts towards the Iberian Peninsula, in addition to their planning to carry out an initial transfer of illegal migrants who arrived in southern France after settling for a few days in the territory of Murcia.

The four Algerians were arrested by the Anti-Illegal Immigration and Forged Documents Services, a security body created by the Spanish authorities affiliated with the Spanish Civil Guard, after in-depth investigations carried out recently, against the background of confessions provided by one of the arrested Algerian immigrants at the beginning of last February about the activity of a secret cell led by Algerians and a Moroccan, who asked illegal immigrants to pay over 1,000 euros in exchange for securing the passage of one person to the south of France.

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Phone thief caught while answering call from victim in Dubai Defendant sentenced to three years in jail, to be followed by deportation

Dubai Court Image Credit: Gulf News

Dubai: A thief who stole a mobile phone was caught as the owner of the phone called him when he happened to have been stopped by a policeman in Dubai over a random check.

The thief was confused when the policeman stopped him in Al Quoz as the owner of the phone kept ringing on his number.

According to the Dubai Court of First Instance, the policeman asked the thief to answer the calls and put the phone on speaker.

The thief was arrested as the policeman heard the phone owner claiming it is his phone and that it was stolen.

The victim said in records that he was walking home with a friend when a group of people attacked them with a knife.

“My friend injured his finger and shoulder and I lost my mobile phone and cash of Dh10,000,” said the victim in records.

The victim was transferred to the hospital for treatment while policemen were dispatched to the area to look for the attackers.

One of them said that he stopped the defendant because he was walking suspiciously and his phone was ringing many times.

“I asked him to answer the call and put the phone on speaker. The victim spoke and said it is his phone,” said the policeman.

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Man in Fujairah fined Dh50,000 for calling police 15 times, using foul language Caller used profanities while repeatedly calling to complain against an acquaintance

Fujairah Image Credit: Clint Egbert/Gulf News

Fujairah: The Fujairah Misdemeanours Court has fined a person Dh50,000 for making 15 phone calls to a police station and using foul language.

Court records said a phone call was made to Al Madina police station in Fujairah by the accused, saying his belongings were at the residence of an acquaintance. He said he wanted a police patrol to help him retrieve his belongings.

The policeman, who received the calls, mentioned to him all the procedures regarding registering a report in order to retrieve his belongings, but the accused did not pay heed and kept calling. He made a total of 15 calls.

With each call, the accused used foul language while the policeman who received the call continued to inform him of the procedures that must be followed in the case.

His incessant calls caused an obstruction in responding to other people’s calls.

Caller arrested

The accused was arrested and brought to the police station. The acquaintance whom the accused filed a complaint against was summoned to inquire about the accused’s belongings, but he said there was nothing belonging to him in his apartment.

It then became clear to the police that the caller was in a good condition. He was asked to undergo a medical examination, but he did not respond and initially refused to go to the hospital in order to give a sample for alcohol testing. He also refused to be examined by a doctor specialised in testing for alcohol in the breath.

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