Higher court overturns ruling to acquit former UAE minister

The highest court in Dubai on Sunday overturned the acquittal of an ex-minister and two managers of defrauding a Lebanese businesswoman and ordered a new judges' panel to hold a retrial soon.

The Dubai Court of Cassation scrapped the acquittal of an Emirati former state minister, K.B., American general manager, S.A., and Indian financial manager, P.M., and ordered a new panel of appeal judges to hold a retrial before the Dubai Appeals Court.

However, the court rejected the appeal submitted by the Dubai Public Prosecution and M.J, the Lebanese businesswoman, to overturn the acquittal of the former minister charged with breach of trust.