Confession

A police officer has described how a British man accused of killing his South African girlfriend in Dubai confessed to him that he assaulted her and then dumped her body in the sea.
A high-ranking official in Dubai Police testified at Dubai Court of First Instance that Mark Arnold told him that he killed Kerry Winter.
The Emirati major in the CID told the court: “He (Arnold) said he hit her on her head with a metal bar and then dragged her to her car and drove away. “He said that she woke up and started talking while they were in the desert and then they both fell asleep.”
The Major said Arnold claimed that he then woke up and discovered that Winter was dead. “He said that he went to his house and took some weights and wrapped her in a bag and then went to the port and drove his boat to a beach and used a buoy to transfer the body from the beach to the boat. He drove the boat for 30 minutes and then dumped her body in the sea using the weights,” the officer said. He continued: “Arnold’s wife then saw him washing the
car before dumping it in the desert. He also confessed to sending text messages from Winter’s mobile to her friends who were calling to ask where she was.”
Arnold, 42, denies murdering 36-year-old Winter following the assault outside her Bur Dubai villa on August 20, 2008.
Court records show that a friend of Arnold’s said that the defendant had called him on August 16 last year and asked him to buy a GPS machine and a big bag which is used for diving equipment.
The case was adjourned until later this month when more witnesses will give evidence.