(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) An Emirati man has appeared in court for insulting and assaulting an execution judge of the family court in Ras Al Khaimah.

The RAK criminal court started hearing the case in which the defendant, identified only as SS, is facing seven charges.

These include a premeditated assault against the judge, insulting and swearing at him, damaging property in his office, using violence, resisting and insulting the security men at court, and escaping from the court.

The accused denied the charges and the defence witness - his brother - told the court that he asked the plaintiff on the same day to remove a travel ban against his brother so that he could accompany his ailing sister abroad.

He also vouched that his brother would honour the court decision to let his divorced wife see their son who he has custody of. But the judge refused and asked him to come to court.

"While I was walking in the court, I heard a loud voice from the judge's office; I went there and saw two security men holding down by brother," the brother testifed, adding that he tried to calm them down.

The defence lawyer told the court that the same judge earlier filed a lawsuit against his client, accusing him of insulting him during a family dispute between the accused and his ex-wife. He was given a jail term, later reduced to a fine.

The same judge has issued several arrest orders against the accused, without summoning him to inquire about his failure to execute the court order to let his divorced wife visit their child, he added. "My client was submitting a declaration from the divorced woman to the execution judge, that she did not want to see her son on the same day of the fight with him, since she had to see him at the defendant's house on Friday as ordered."

He pointed out that the woman did not go to see her son, and instead filed a case against his client claiming that he had not let her see the boy. "The judge, instead of summoning and hearing him, issued an arrest order against him."

The defence lawyer further denied any evidence or medical report that proved the assault by his client on the judge or any security men. The court ordered the adjournment of the case to February 28.

Ahmed Shaaban Originally from Egypt, I have been in Dubai since December 2005. Before coming here, I worked as an English language instructor, chief En/Ar translator, proofreader, reporter in Egypt and Qatar. I have also worked as a reporter, correspondent and simultaneous translator with two satellite channels in Dubai. I have a masters degree in media, Cairo University, 2014, a bachelor degree in English language and translation, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 1996, and three post-graduate diplomas in English language and Instruction. With over 19 years of experience in translation, interpretation, EFL instruction, and reporting. I am interested in technology, aviation, politics, as well as community, parliament and defence issues. I enjoy reading, writing, exercising, and surfing the web.

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