An Emirati has been jailed for seven years for unintentionally causing the death of his 19-year-old brother. Two of the defendant's friends have been jailed for the same period after the teenager died from an overdose of heroin and cocaine.
According to officials documents at the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court of First Instance, the boy's brother and his friends took him to a desert for camping. The man reportedly took permission from their mother to spend a night there.
They took food and drinks with them, erected a tent in the desert and lit a fire near their camp site.
While camping in the desert, the four consumed alcohol, heroin and cocaine throughout the evening. The victim's brother was reportedly celebrating his graduation from university.
Late in the night, the victim went inside the tent. He reportedly consumed a huge amount of cocaine that had been placed near a mobile phone and fell unconscious.
One of his brother's friends, who entered the tent to get some more food, found him lying on the ground, motionless.
Prosecutors said the men took the victim in their car to a nearby hospital in an attempt to save his life but he was pronounced dead there.
A medical report said the boy died of drug overdose.
The police recovered drugs and bottles of alcohol from the tent. The three men were arrested and charged with providing drugs to the victim that caused his death.
The defendants confessed to consuming drugs, but denied causing the boy's death.

source: Khaleejtimes