Court defers hearing on forgery case

Amir Al Sonny, Staff Reporters

The Sharjah Criminal Court adjourned the hearing of a case in which three Asians were charged with forging official documents and cards. One of the defendants also offered a bribe for their release.

According to the testimony of a witness working in Sharjah Police, while the three defendants were on interrogation, one of them tried to offer verbally an estimated bribe of Dhs3,000 for them to be set free, noting that the defendants confessed during the interrogations that they had forged the documents of their own free will.

Faced by the court with the charges levelled against them, the defendants denied the forgery charge.

One of the defendants confessed that he had received the said documents from the other defendant without knowing they had been forged.

While the Public Prosecution requested that the defendants be convicted, the Sharjah Criminal Court adjourned the hearing till Oct.29 after the defendant’s lawyer requested time to submit a plea.

The court ordered the defendants to be remanded in custody.