Man fined Dhs270,000 for insulting woman on WhatsApp in Abu Dhabi

  • Date: 26-Oct-2020
  • Source: Gulf Today
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:UAE
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Man fined Dhs270,000 for insulting woman on WhatsApp in Abu Dhabi

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Aya Al Deeb, Staff Reporter

 

The Abu Dhabi Court of Misdemeanors fined a man Dhs250,000 for insulting a woman on "WhatsApp.“

 

The verdict was also upheld by the Court of Appeal, when the convict appealed against it.

 

Moreover, he was slapped with a fine of Dhs20,000 as a compensation for the material and moral damages that affected the plaintiff, in response to a civil lawsuit filed by her. 

 

The details of the case are due to the fact that the woman filed a lawsuit against a man accusing him of insulting her through the "WhatsApp" with the Court of Misdemeanors, which ruled that he be fined Dhs250,000.

 

The verdict to fine the accused was further upheld by the Court of Appeal.

 

The woman then filed a civil lawsuit demanding that the