DUBAI // A cleaner stole four laptops from his workplace in the Royal Court's engineering office and attempted to steal 18 more, a court heard this morning.
The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance was told that AD, 20, from Sri Lanka, took the computers sometime before July 21 and later tried to take more, but was caught hiding them in the false ceiling.
The Emirati security head at the office, MM, 38, said he was informed that 22 HP and Toshiba laptops went missing from the office during AD's shift.
YS, a Dubai police sergeant, testified that AD confessed to the theft and said he took two of the stolen laptops to his house and two to a computer shop for reprogramming. The rest were hidden in the ceiling, he said.
He confessed in court today and awaits a verdict on November 22.
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