Presence of all witnesses sought in Deyaar case

The Dubai Criminal Court yesterday adjourned hearings to September 15 in a case about financial irregularities at real estate firm Deyaar, asking the defence lawyer to produce all his witnesses together in the next session.

Presiding judge Al Saeed Bargouth refused to hear the testimony of the only defence witness present in court, Terry Thomas. Earlier, defence lawyer Dr Habib Al Mulla, had petitioned the court to hear the testimonies of three witnesses in support of his client – UAE national SA – the main accused in the case.

The court had adjourned twice before when the witnesses failed to appear. In yesterday's hearing, only one of the three defence witnesses – Thomas – appeared in court while the other two were absent. The court demanded that all witnesses attend in the same session to give their testimonies to prevent repeated adjournments.