Dubai: A Chinese carpenter Thursday admitted threatening to kill a taxi driver because he did not have money to pay his fare.
Prosecutors charged the 46-year-old with using a knife and threatening to kill the 25-year-old Pakistani driver over a Dh50 tariff.
C.B. pleaded guilty before the Dubai Court of First Instance.
The driver, S.H. told Presiding Judge Hamad Abdul Latif Abdul Jawad that the incident happened around 2am in Bani Yas Road.
International City
"The suspect asked me to drive him to the Chinese Cluster in the International City," he said.
"When we reached the place, the defendant seemed that he lost directions to his house.
"When the meter read Dh50, the suspect asked me to pull over and drop him. The suspect said he did not have enough money to pay.
Knife pulled
"He asked me to wait for him to get the money from his house — I refused and told him to pay instantly. He pulled out a knife from his pocket and pointed it at my belly. Then he said ‘do you want the money now?'."
According to prosecution records, the defendant stepped out of the taxi and walked to a security guard standing nearby. The driver called the police. Then the suspect offered his mobile phone as payment.
When the police arrived, the knife was found when the suspect was searched.
C.B. denied threatening the driver in his statement, alleging that the knife only fell from his jacket.
The verdict will be heard on Monday.
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