Poor teen jailed in Dubai has died

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I’ve just seen this. How utterly heartbreaking for his parents.
it makes me even more angry about the vindictive mother that reported him.
Just so so sad.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-car-chase-crash-teenager-dead-tottenham-london-b1251170.html

Poor guy, so much misfortune. I feel so sorry for his family.

WOW! Zero empathy here from you! That Mother was vindictive- takes two to tango. That poor boy’s mental health could have spiralled following his ordeal could have caused risky behaviours.

That’s just ridiculous. It’s a separate incident !

He wasn’t driving though so was it even his own risky behaviour? He may have just been unlucky and had no idea of the drivers issues / intentions. I fail to see how the mother who reported him for something totally unrelated is in any way responsible for this tragedy ?

And who’s to say he wasn’t a PITA who was regularly engaging in risky behaviours? Both could equally be true with the information we have. You can’t just make things up in order to vilify a woman who reported illegal behaviour against her under age daughter - because she was in that country - because he died a year later.

My post was clear.

If you misinterpret it that’s on you 🤷‍♀️

You may think it was unfair, but it’s important to ensure you abide by the laws of whatever country you’re in.
It’s legal in some countries to marry children younger than 16. Do you think it’s unfair that you can’t do that here?
He broke the law, he served a sentence. His death is totally unrelated. I’m not sure why some posters are blaming the police here. The driver sped off, the police lost sight after 60 seconds and when they did eventually regain sight the crash had happened. We have no idea what actually caused the crash.

Do you mean there might be circumstances where it was acceptable for him to die???

Very sad but I don't see how his prison sentence in Dubai is relevant. The driver has been arrested for dangerous driving and failing to stop for the police - from the information available right now the driver is to blame. I hope no one in other vehicles was hurt.

A 19 year old young man has died, no doubt leaving his friends and family devastated. What a vile human being you appear to be.

Im pretty certain at the time he was jailed he was reported as being a good student who had not been in any previous trouble.

in the absence of any suggestion he was a PITA who regularly engaged in risky behaviours why would you assume he was?

Don’t be ridiculous. She didn’t make the laws.

On MN it seems there are always acceptable reasons for black boys or poor boys to die.

it’s fucking vile

Why? Was she driving the car?

Yes I dont see why if you cant make one assumption, you cant make the other

Was it ever established why she made the report, not that she has to say why, Im just wondering if it ever came out, her daughter must have spoken about it

Unnessarily cruel post

No, but she used them vindictively.

Just like in this country a child under 16 cannot be deemed to have “consensual” sex, in Dubai the same applies to someone under 18. So legally, it wasn’t consensual.

No it isn’t, it’s factual. I am the mother of 22 year old young man…

I always think about how young adults brains are now known to not be fully developed until approx age 25, yet they’re treated as full adults from age 18. But what else can we do as a society? How can they learn to be adults without practice?

The difference being, he DID commit a crime!

@nomas

I note you say nothing about the fact that the sex was consensual and that the girl faced no consequence.

The crime involved 2 individuals. Why did they not recall the girl to do some time then?

Funny you can be pedantic about how many months he spent in prison when he has now actually died.

Some people on here are completely heartless.

So sad. His poor family.

Do you have a source for this? I haven’t found anything which indicates the girl or her family’s background/ethnicity/skin colour or are you just making assumptions?

"I note you say nothing about the fact that the sex was consensual and that the girl faced no consequence.
The crime involved 2 individuals. Why did they not recall the girl to do some time then?"

Oh please. By Dubai law she was a minor....

I hate police chases! They put everyone's lives at risk, even if it isn't the criminal or whomever they're chasing. The perpetrators obviously don't care about their lives or anyone else's but the police should do better than make it easy for them to harm others.

The bystanders or even people minding their business inside their homes could have a car crashing into them because the police were chasing someone driving at a dangerous speed. It needs to stop! Find other ways to catch these people, not putting lives at risk, including passengers who may have nothing to do with the issue. Sometimes even children!

It's sad the passenger was the one who died. The driver should be held responsible as well as the police chasing him. Whatever the reason for the chase was, they caused his death!

My heart goes out to the family of the boy. He was very unlucky by making these two decisions towards the end of his life. Some people survived the same decisions but he didn't. How sad.