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He robs cabby 2 days before own wedding
Cleaner turns to crime to raise cash for dowry
By Amanda Yong
July 02, 2010
It was just two days before what should have been the happiest day of his life.
The young man was about to marry his fiancee, who was seven months pregnant with his child.
The wedding invitations had been sent out and over 100 guests were expected.
But at the last minute, his fiancee's family wanted a dowry of $300.
With two days to go before the big day, Borhan Mohamed Ali, 23, a cleaner, became desperate.
So desperate that he tried to rob a passer-by with a knife. He failed, but barely an hour later, he got into a taxi and robbed the cabby with the same knife.
Borhan was arrested in the area minutes later.
Last Wednesday, he was jailed 31/2 years and given 12 strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to one count of robbery.
