Maid jailed for hammer attack on Dubai sponsor's wife

Dubai: A maid, who tried to kill her sponsors wife with a hammer because she feared losing her job, will spend five years in prison after she lost her appeal on Monday.

The 28-year-old Indonesian housemaid, Y.A., took advantage of the fact that her sponsors 33-year-old Jordanian wife was in bed when she pounded her head with a hammer intending to kill her.

The maid attempted to kill the victim in November 2012 because she was frightened of losing her job.

The Dubai Cassation Court turned down the defendants appeal to reduce her five-year jail term.

Presiding judge Mohammad Nabil Riyadh upheld the imprisonment against the maid.

According to Mondays irrevocable judgement, Y.A. will be deported following the completion of her punishment.

In September 2013, Court of First Instance jailed Y.A. for a year and fined her Dh1,000.

In December 2013, prosecutors appealed the verdict and asked the Appeal Court to stiffen the punishment. Meanwhile the accused appealed the court for a swifter punishment contending that she did not have any intention to kill the victim.

The appellate court stiffened the one-year imprisonment to five years in jail.

Court records said Y.A. decided to kill the Jordanian when she overheard her discussing the termination of her services the night before the incident.

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Maid jailed for hammer attack on Dubai sponsor's wife