Dubai: A farmer, who is on death row for killing his girlfriend out of jealousy in 1999, is seeking a reduced sentence or an early release after having obtained a waiver. The 40-year-old Iranian murderer, Mohammad Ali R.T., was aged 27 when he slit his Azeri girlfriend’s neck and stabbed her twice on November 17, 1999. Records said Mohammad Ali admitted that he was outraged and decided to kill his late girlfriend, Fareeda M., when he learnt that she cheated on him while he was spending an imprisonment over an embezzlement case in between 1998 and 1999. On Thursday, the killer appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance where he is seeking a reduced punishment or a special pardon for an early release based on the fact that he obtained a waiver from Fareeda’s brother. Mohammad Ali who is currently imprisoned in Dubai Central Jail, obtained the notarized waiver from the brother [in his capacity as Fareeda’s legal representative] and attached it to a special plea, in which he is seeking his release or to have his death sentence reduced. “Why didn’t you submit a doctrinal certificate clarifying who are the heirs’ of the victim? You should do so in order to verify, who the legal successors are,” presiding judge Ali Attiyah Sa’ad told Mohammad Ali on Thursday. “I obtained that document and handed it over to the Azeri embassy,” replied the petitioner. “We will not hand out a decision after the petitioner submits that certificate. We will return the case file to the Public Prosecution and the petitioner has to submit the certificate that identifies who are the victim’s inheritors. Prosecutors will also have to notify the court about their legal opinion concerning the defendant’s petition,” said presiding judge Sa’ad in courtroom three. In 1999, prosecutors accused Mohammad Ali of premeditatedly killing Fareeda in a hotel room in Naif. Records said the Iranian was having a love affair with Fareeda and they were dating. Then when he discovered that she cheated on him, he decided to end her life. He purchased a knife and hid it in his handbag, then when they moved in to the hotel room, he killed her. Court records said the defendant waited for his girlfriend until she went to sleep, before he jumped on her over the bed and slit her neck several times. He also hushed her mouth so that she doesn’t cry and stabbed her twice in her chest. An Emirati police lieutenant testified that he was on duty when Mohammad Ali stormed into Naif Police Station. The killer confessed that he killed his girlfriend because she betrayed him. Records said the defendant disposed the murder weapon in Dubai Creek. Dubai Police’s divers recovered the knife from the creek shortly after the incident. One of the hotel receptionists testified that when the defendant checked in at the hotel he claimed that Fareeda was his wife. He failed to hand them her passport as he had earlier promised. Records said Mohammad Ali broke up with Fareeda when he was jailed over embezzling money from his brother-in-law. When he was released from prison, he learnt that Fareeda started working in prostitution and betrayed him and that was when he decided to kill her. Mohammad Ali’s petition has now been referred to the prosecution until he provides the court with the requested documents.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 07:52:17 +0000
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