The appeal has been heard and a decision handed down.
The government was not able to test the veracity of the gem dealers claims because "because they lacked proper scientific methods or equipment to test whether the onyx stone was bulletproof or to decide its real value. Dubai Police, Dubai Municipality and Dubai Metals and Commodities Centre did not have the necessary equipment to carry out the mission."
I think all they really had to do was call Mythbusters and set them to work. The court reduced the gem dealers sentence from 6 months to 3 months. And deportation, of course. This was probably very close to time served already but his lawyer is not satisfied. He wants a full acquittal.
"We will appeal yesterday's verdict before the Cassation Court... I am seeking my client's innocence and not a reduced term. My client has pleaded not guilty since the beginning," Q.M.'s lawyer Saeed Al Ghailani, of Saeed Al Ghailani Advocates and Legal Consultants, told Gulf News on Monday.
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Why they didn't just hang it around his neck and shoot him, I'll never know. Ah, the mysterious East...
Maybe they did try out what Rico suggested and voilà, it worked ;) No wonder they want to wrap this fiasco up in a jiffy; reduced sentence and deportation ;)
Meanwhile, there's one dude out there with a lucky stone to his name claiming eternity!!!!
But what if he got hit by a truck or vice versa, will it work?
I think the lawyer is trying to milk this for as much money as he can. And the dealer probably wants to stay in Dubai instead of being deported.
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