ABU DHABI // A witness in an Appeal Court hearing leapt towards a panel of judges after the defendant accused him of faking an illness. The incident happened during an appeal hearing of A A, a Palestinian, who had been convicted of forging a rental contract.
When his accuser, an Emirati, entered into the courtroom he walked with a cane and was visibly shaking.
A A told the court that he believed the witness was faking his medical condition.
“When we were outside he raised his cane and there was nothing wrong with him,” he said.
At that point, the Emirati jumped towards the judges’ panel and raised his cane to demonstrate his body tremors.
He pointed towards his back and shouted that his shaking was a result of recent back surgery.
The case was adjourned until April 14.
hdajani@thenational.ae
Three tips from La Perle's performers
1 The kind of water athletes drink is important. Gwilym Hooson, a 28-year-old British performer who is currently recovering from knee surgery, found that out when the company was still in Studio City, training for 12 hours a day. “The physio team was like: ‘Why is everyone getting cramps?’ And then they realised we had to add salt and sugar to the water,” he says.
2 A little chocolate is a good thing. “It’s emergency energy,” says Craig Paul Smith, La Perle’s head coach and former Cirque du Soleil performer, gesturing to an almost-empty open box of mini chocolate bars on his desk backstage.
3 Take chances, says Young, who has worked all over the world, including most recently at Dragone’s show in China. “Every time we go out of our comfort zone, we learn a lot about ourselves,” she says.
