A MAID FROM HELL ARMED WITH KNIFE AND HOT WATER, ATTACKED HER BOSS THREE KIDS...SHE SAID IT WAS SELF DEFENCE...
A maid in
the United Arab Emirates who attempted to kill her employer's three
children by burning them with boiling water and attacking them with a
cleaver while they slept has been jailed for life.
The
25-year-old Ethiopian maid, referred to as Y.S., claimed she attacked
the children, two girls and a boy aged 15, 14 and 10, because they and
their mother had made threats against her own life.
'The
four of them, the mother and the children, threatened to kill me,' she
told the Dubai Criminal Court through a translator from the Ethiopian
embassy.
'When I later asked them to let me go home, they refused and again threatened to kill me,' she said.
A maid in Dubai (pictured) who
attempted to kill her employer's three children by burning them with
boiling water and attacking them with a cleaver while they slept has
been jailed for life
Prosecutors said that the maid admitted the attack was an act of revenge for being mistreated and forced to go hungry, reports The National.
She
said that her employer, a 42-year-old teacher, repeatedly accused her
of stealing and refused to send her back to Ethiopia, claiming that her
passport was missing.
The eldest sister said the incident happened the same day her mother had to go away for medical treatment.
She said: 'My sister and I were sleeping on one bed while our brother was sleeping on a mattress.
'Around 7am I felt some boiling water splashing on my face... I woke up shocked and saw the defendant.
'She
held a boiler and a cleaver in her hands. She stabbed me repeatedly in
my face, and then she attacked my sister and then my brother. We escaped
and locked ourselves inside the washroom, then called the police.'
The Ethiopian maid was charged with a
triple murder attempt, double suicide attempt and theft. She was also
ordered to pay Dh21,000 (£3,600) in compensation to the mother. File
picture
After the attack the maid went to the mother’s room to take money and her passport, which was hidden in a drawer.
A policeman described breaking down the door and discovering the children.
He said: 'They were bleeding from everywhere and badly burnt.'
The children were taken to hospital and police said they found the maid sitting on the floor of the flat’s balcony.
She is then alleged to have tried to slit her own throat before surrendering to police when they raised their guns.
She
was charged with a triple murder attempt, double suicide attempt and
theft. She was also ordered to pay Dh21,000 (£3,600) in compensation to
the mother.
She will be deported back to Ethiopia after serving her jail term.
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