Labourer accused of killing colleague over Dh3,000 debt to stand trial

A labourer accused of killing a colleague over a Dh3,000 debt is to stand trial at the Criminal Court.

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DUBAI // A labourer accused of killing a colleague over a Dh3,000 debt is to stand trial at the Criminal Court.

Prosecutors claim TA, from Pakistan, became enraged when he learnt his friend intended to leave the country without repaying him and killed him in his room at their labour camp in a premeditated attack. They say he waited for his friend to fall asleep before stabbing him three times in the chest with a kitchen knife.

He is also accused of trying to flee the country after the murder.

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