<p>A 35-year-old Indian driver was sentenced to death here for brutally murdering his former boss, also an Indian, by bludgeoning him with a hammer and stabbing him 30 times following a dispute over salary.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Dubai Court of First Instance on Wednesday sentenced the driver, identified only as N K, to death. The verdict remains subject to appeal within 15 days.<br /><br />The victim allegedly owed the accused 45,000 dirhams in salary. The murder took place in July last year, local media reports said.<br /><br />"The court has unanimously agreed that the defendant will be executed. The knife and hammer [used in the crime] will also be confiscated," Presiding Judge Maher Salama Al Mahdi said.<br /><br />Court records said the defendant battered the victim's head with a mid-sized hammer before stabbing him 30 times on different parts of the body.<br /><br />A forensic doctor said the victim, identified as S R, suffered fatal stab wounds in the neck and another in the heart.<br /><br />The defendant fled, but was eventually arrested three days later.Prosecutors said N K went to S R's flat to purposely kill him. After making sure that the victim was alone, the defendant hit SR in the head with a hammer. As N K fell on the floor, the defendant pinned him down and hit him again before repeatedly stabbing him with a knife.<br /><br />N K pleaded not guilty to the charge and claimed that he acted in self-defence.</p>
<p>A 35-year-old Indian driver was sentenced to death here for brutally murdering his former boss, also an Indian, by bludgeoning him with a hammer and stabbing him 30 times following a dispute over salary.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Dubai Court of First Instance on Wednesday sentenced the driver, identified only as N K, to death. The verdict remains subject to appeal within 15 days.<br /><br />The victim allegedly owed the accused 45,000 dirhams in salary. The murder took place in July last year, local media reports said.<br /><br />"The court has unanimously agreed that the defendant will be executed. The knife and hammer [used in the crime] will also be confiscated," Presiding Judge Maher Salama Al Mahdi said.<br /><br />Court records said the defendant battered the victim's head with a mid-sized hammer before stabbing him 30 times on different parts of the body.<br /><br />A forensic doctor said the victim, identified as S R, suffered fatal stab wounds in the neck and another in the heart.<br /><br />The defendant fled, but was eventually arrested three days later.Prosecutors said N K went to S R's flat to purposely kill him. After making sure that the victim was alone, the defendant hit SR in the head with a hammer. As N K fell on the floor, the defendant pinned him down and hit him again before repeatedly stabbing him with a knife.<br /><br />N K pleaded not guilty to the charge and claimed that he acted in self-defence.</p>
