Man jailed for gay relationship after partner dies in window fall

Belgian jailed for homosexuality, not murder, after Filipino partner falls to death in Dubai

06 June 2012 | By Tris Reid-Smith, Dan Littauer

A Belgian man has been sentenced to a year in jail after his gay Filipino partner fell to his death from the window of their Dubai apartment.

But despite the dying man reportedly using his final breaths to say he was pushed out of the window by his lover, the Belgian has been jailed for homosexuality, not murder.

According to a report in United Arab Emirates newspaper, The National, the 25-year-old Filipino was spotted hanging from the window sill of a building on 24 September last year.

The building is just behind Al Muraqqabat police station, in Deira in the heart of eastern Dubai. But before help could arrive, he lost his grip and fell.

Once on the ground and in severe pain, the man, known only as ‘AM’ told a passer-by that ‘PH’, a 24-year-old from Belgium had thrown him from the window.


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