Qatar expat jailed for stealing money from colleague
An expatriate Arab man has been sentenced in absentia to three years in jail and subsequent deportation for stealing a sum of QR8,000 from the wardrobe of his colleague at work.
Gulf Times reports according to local Arabic daily Arrayah, a Doha Criminal court convicted the man of stealing the money from the wardrobe of his roommate who is also his colleague at work.
The victim discovered the theft when he returned from work and found the money missing from his wardrobe, so he asked his roommate about it.
The defendant accordingly admitted to his colleague that he took the money and wrote a confession indicating so, promising return it back.
However, the issue was brought to the police and then the court and the defendant did not appear before both.
Cases of theft and burglary are on the rise in Qatar since the recent past. Last month, a super market in Matar Qadeem was burgled.
Many other cases of stealing money and jewelry have been repeatedly reported in the country.
Mean he took off on a plane before all this? Never coming back with the intention of not paying back, how could such thing happen here? OMG what in the world are we coming to now! I am in shock and in panic! (maybe with a crazy wacky smile too)
How can they deport him if he is absent?