Pilot molested Dubai schoolgirl in elevator

A 29-year-old pilot, JLW, from Seychelles Islands, allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl in the lift of a building, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

The victim, ANH, 14, American student, testified that on March 17 at around 11am she went to a building in Dubai's Knowledge Village to take her Arabic language lessons.

“A man entered the lift behind me. I pressed the 31st floor while he pressed the 21st floor. As the lift arrived at the 21st floor, the man did not get out. As the door closed he came close to me and groped my face. I pushed him away but he did it several times. When the lift arrived at the 31st floor, he got out and I got out too. I told my tutor what happened in the lift,” she testified.

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The tutor informed the girl’s father AHH, 53, businessman, who rushed to the building and talked to the watchman and then informed the police.

First Sergeant Adel Saeed testified that the building’s watchman could identify the tenant from the lift's camera recording. The recording showed the man did not get out of the lift in the 21st floor that he had pressed but rather stayed in the lift and molested the girl who pushed him away several times until the lift reached the 31st floor.

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Police arrested JLW and the girl recognised him during the identification parade.

JLW denied the accusation. The case was adjourned until May 29.

2-yr old drowns in bathtub

A two-year old Pakistani girl drowned in a bathtub last Friday evening at her family home in Ras Al Khaimah

According to an 'Emarat Al Youm' report, the child, whose name was not immediately released, was discovered by her family.

The source added said the girl went to the bathtub and opened the tap until it filled and sank in it.

“A member of the family found her beneath the water,” a police source said.

“The family contacted the police, she was taken to the hospital but was already dead,” the police source confirmed.

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