50-year-old defendant was accused of shoving the victim, causing him a stomach bleeding and heart failure, which put him in a coma
The Court of First Instance on Wednesday sentenced a 50-year-old Brit to two years in jail for causing the death of a compatriot unintentionally.
The court has also ordered that the British clerk be deported after completing his jail term.
He was accused of shoving the victim, causing him a stomach bleeding and heart failure, which put him in a coma.
The accused had denied the charge in court.
According to the prosecutors, the incident happened on October 16 last year outside a hotel in Tecom. It was witnessed by several people. Both men were believed to have been drunk then.
A 34-year-old Pakistani man said that he was waiting for a cab outside the hotel with his friend when he saw two men, apparently drunk, screaming at each other.
"One of them punched the other on the chest and caused him to fall. The latter's head hit a small rock," he testified.
The police were called in after the accused left the place in a taxi.
Another Pakistani witness said: "The victim tried to stand and talk but he could hardly breathe. He collapsed."
A police lieutenant said: "The accused claimed that the victim harassed one of his female friends. And that he only pushed him to keep him away. The victim then fell down and his head hit a solid object."
The victim's wife, a 34-year-old Filipina, said that her husband went to a birthday party but did not come back before midnight as he promised.
"I kept calling him in vain. At around 4 am, I learnt he was at the Intensive Care Unit in a hospital. A doctor told me that he was physically assaulted," she told the prosecutor.
She added that her husband died at noon the following day.
The forensic doctor said that the blood from the victim's stomach reached his lungs resulting in his heart failure.
He said that the victim had been suffering of heart and kidney problems.
The bruises found on his body could not necessarily have caused his death.
The verdict may be appealed.
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