Maid charged with causing children’s deaths

The Fujairah Criminal Court looked into a case in which a housemaid was charged with causing the death of two children by “negligence”.

According to the official records, a fire erupted in the house of an Emirati in Madhab when the two children aged three and four were in their room. The children’s grandmother and the housemaid were in the house while the parents were at work before the incident took place.

Firefighting teams rushed to the scene and managed to bring the fire under control. However, the two children died in the fire.

In the court, the housemaid denied the charge. The court has set a date for the next session.