Woman tortured her maid to death with scalding hot water for being to ‘lazy’
Published November 13, 2012
- Ethiopian maid was tortured to death by her Emirati employer for being too ‘lazy’
- Employer told the court ‘I only beat her up. I just wanted her to do the housework properly’
- Defendant was arrested after son reported the maid’s death to authorities
- Killers daughter told prosecutors: ‘One day, during Ramadan, I found my mother beating up the maid. She poured boiling water on her body and threw pepper in her eyes.’
- Maid had pepper poured in her eyes and was tied up with electric cable, according to the woman’s children
Horrific: An employer tortured her maid to death in an attempt to force her to become better at housework, a court heard
Employer’s children explained to the court all the awful things their mother did to the maid, who the mother labelled as ”lazy”

Defence: The employer told the court: ‘I only beat her up. I just wanted her to do the housework properly. I didn’t mean to hurt or kill her’
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