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28 March 2024

Cleaner molests female co-worker

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By Eman Al Baik

A cleaner allegedly dragged a female co-worker to a store room and molested her, the Dubai Criminal Court heard on Wednesday.

On May 30, at around 6.30am, the accused called the victim, JD, and asked her to help him carry stuff in to the storeroom.

“When I entered the storeroom, he hugged me and touched me inappropriately. I pushed him away and rushed to the door. He followed me and molested me again. He offered me Dh100 also to sleep with him. I threatened to lodge a complaint to the manager but he continued molesting me. But when I shouted to call a co-worker for help, he left me and went out of the room,” she testified in the court hearing.

The victim immediately informed her senior and the Dubai Police.

Police reviewed the CCTV footage which showed that the woman, who was on the sixth floor, received a call and went down to the storeroom. The footage showed that the accused was already in the storeroom when the victim got in.

She stayed in the room for about two minutes and then came out running, the CCTV footage showed.

Police arrested the accused who admitted to hugging the victim only. The court will announce its verdict on August 31.