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Motorist loses licence over accident that killed three people
BRIEF
Kicking
hepatitis
Art raises Death crash ban
into touch
thousands A female driver has been By Ali Al-Shouk Football fans were given a les-
found guilty of death by son in health at a soccer match.
DUBAI: The sale of a rare dangerous driving after cle that was stopped by the Al Ain’s match against Al Ahli
painting has raised causing a high-speed crash side of the road,” said . ended in a two-all draw on
thousands of dirhams for that killed three people. Two Asian men died at the Monday but was hailed as a
charity at an art auction The 23-year-old Gulf national scene and a third was seriously victory for raising awareness
that fetched more than was fined dhs20,000 and injured and died in an air of blood disease hepatitis B.
dhs8.2 million in total. banned from driving for a ambulance on the way to Brochures about the illness
Indian artist Yusuf Arakkal’s year by Dubai Traffic Court Rashid Hospital. were handed out at Al Jazira
painting ‘The Lazy After- yesterday. The court also Farousha said no decision stadium along with wrist-
noon’ raised dhs66,000 for ordered her to pay dhs600,000 had been made yet on whether bands and stickers as part of
the Children’s Hope Found- blood money. to appeal against the sentence. the Emirates Medical Asso-
ation (CHF) when it went The accident happened at Meanwhile, Brigadier Saif ciation campaign to encour-
under the hammer at the 8am on February 26 on the Mohammad Al-Zafeen, the age screening.
auction of orientalist artwork Dubai Al-Ain road. head of Dubai Traffic Police, The CEO of Al Ain FC, Dr
in Dubai on Monday. The woman was driving said they aimed to reduce the Khalid Mohamed Abdullah,
CHF chairman Zenny Hirji towards Dubai when she lost number of casualties on the said: “Tonight I’ve seen people
said: “Bonhams’ initiative to control of the car. She was roads by introducing more reading their brochures and
auction one work of art for doing more than 140kph. speed traps. wearing our club coloured
CHF’s several projects is “She was driving over the “Some people think we want wrist bands to show their sup-
overwhelming especially in speed limit and she wasn’t to get more money but that’s port which is great.”
these times when liquidity paying attention to the road,” the wrong concept. We want Hepatitis B is one of the
is at an all time low.” the head of Dubai Traffic to reduce the number of casu- most common viruses in the
The most expensive lot of Prosecution, Salah Bu Faro- alties,” he said. world. If untreated, it can lead
the night was the 1895 usha, told 7DAYS. Dubai police recorded to liver failure.
Rudolph Swoboda The woman changed lanes 508,434 traffic fines during
painting ‘The Carpet without seeing a minibus to the last four months, com-
Seller’, which was sold for her right. pared to 540,477 fines in the
more than dhs3 million. “She struck the minibus, same period last year.
which in turn hit a third vehi- ali.shouk@7days.ae FATAL: The minibus struck by the car during the accident
‘I’ll tear out your eyes’
A skiing instructor threat- She added: “He started to
ened to “tear the eyes out” annoy me by calling me on
of the face of a mother of the phone and following me
one of his students after wherever I went.”
she refused to give him Then in August, police
money, a court heard. records said, the defendant
The 29-year-old Moroccan told the woman he would
man and the 35-year-old kill her if they stopped
Singaporean housewife being friends.
became friends after she She said: “He threatened to
started taking her son to tear the eyes out of my face
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