The Sharjah Court of Appeal has sentenced a 54-year-old Arab man with a fine of Dh5,000 followed by deportation on charges of insulting his wife through a WhatsApp message.
Court punishes the husband for the insulting words he sent to his wife after a fight between the two in their house. When he left the house, he continued to insult his wife by sending her insulting words on WhatsApp.
She added that the ruling was not accepted by the Public Prosecution, who appealed the ruling and demanded that the husband is deported from the country in accordance with the law.
The court issued a ruling to add deportation to the initial verdict of financial fine, noting that the couple in their fifties, and have older children, with one of their daughters married.
She advised couples not to exchange insults through social networking, which is subject to penalties including fines and deportations.
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