A 57-year-old Iranian retiree allegedly threatened to burn his two daughters if they stepped inside his house, a court heard on Tuesday.

The Court of First Instance was told the accused made the criminal threats against his daughters in April this year. However, he pleaded not guilty in court.

"No. That is not true. The whole thing is because of a dispute I have with their mother. She incited them against me," he claimed to the presiding judge. "She deprived me of my other house. She wanted this one, too."

A complaint was lodged at Al Qusais police station.

The first complainant, a 31-year-old stateless, said she had just come back from work to her house in Oud Al Muteena with her sister when the accused forced them outside. "He then shut the main door and we heard him saying that he would burn us if we tried to go inside."

Her 24-year-old sister -- also a stateless employee -- gave a similar statement during investigation.

It is understood from a recorded conversation between a man and a woman, which was presented to the public prosecution, that the case parties had been having some family disputes.

Source: Khaleej Times