3 men rape, sell woman into prostitution

A Filipina woman was kidnapped, raped, robbed, beaten and sold into prostitution for Dh3,000 by three Bangladeshi men, the Dubai Criminal Court heard this week.

The 20-year-old victim, quality manager with a firm, was waiting for a taxi in Al Quoz at about 7.30pm on December 21, 2014, to return home in Motor City, when a private car, driven by one of the suspects, stopped and offered her a lift in return for cash.

The woman climbed into the rear seat, when she heard the driver speak on the phone in his language. Then he stopped at a petrol station and picked up two other men, who climbed in the rear seat beside her.

“The passenger, MR, who sat next to me started molesting me. Then one of the men took off his clothes. I was terrified, but could not move as I was in the middle of the two,” she told the court.

“I even offered them money and valuables I had in return for releasing me, but they ignored my pleas,” she said and added that the three men took turns in raping her at the rear of the car.

After the rape, she attempted to escape by jumping out of the moving car, when “they tied both my hands and beat me up,” she testified.

They drove her to a shopping mall, where they picked up a woman. “She told me that I would have to go with her and work as a prostitute. When I refused, she told me that the only other option I had was to be with the three men,” the victim told in court.

Then they drove to a villa and dropped her off with the woman. The villa was locked and guarded by two men. “There I met another Filipina, who was locked up,” she said.

At night, one of the guards forced himself upon her, she claimed.

However, when he fell asleep, she managed to escape from a small opening in the kitchen wall and crawled down. She hid under a truck the entire night and in the morning stopped a passer-by and asked for help.

That man informed police, who began investigations and collected information about the suspects from the CCTV at the petrol station. Police discovered two of the suspects had left the country while the third person was still here. Police passed on information about the suspects to all airports and exit points.

Later, two of them were arrested while they were returning to the country from Sharjah airport.

Search for the third suspect continues.

The court will issue verdict on November 17.

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