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29 March 2024

Policeman, students charged for kidnapping and sodomy

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By Eman Al Baik

A policeman and two students allegedly kidnapped a juvenile and sodomised him after physically assaulting him in an isolated area, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

The accused are identified as FSR, 20, Somali, student, MYS 19, student, who does not hold identification documents, and AFA, 20, Emirati, policeman.

The victim WIM, 11, Emirati, student, testified that on Friday, September 16, at around 11.30pm while he was walking back from the grocery to his home in Al Muhaisna 4 area with his compatriot friend Saleh, three people who were in a white car stopped next to them and offered them to give ride to with them.

“I refused and tried to run away from them… they chased me and hit me with the car’s door as the one sitting in the back seat opened it…Then two got off the car and pushed me forcibly into it and drove to an isolated area off the Emirates road…They dragged me out of the car and undressed me while tow were holding my hands and legs; they also took my naked pictures with their mobile phones… they also took my pictures in the car. Then they drove to a parking lot of a school in the area and sodomised me one after another… they took my pictures and called my friend Saleh to pick me from the place where they kidnapped me. They also cleaned my body with water… They planned to kidnap my friend Saleh as well but Saleh came with his elder brother so they left me in that place and ran away at about 2.30am,” he testified.

Corporal Abdullah Khalfan testified that on Monday September 19, police arrested the two following the complaint made by the victim. “The three denied the accusation and admitted that he rode the car with them willingly while they were roaming in the area in the car owned by FSR’s father.

The policeman testified that the victim identified MYS, who has a criminal record with the police, after he was shown his picture and so it led to arrest of the other two accused. The victim identified the three when shown in identification parades.

Forensic reported sperms of the first and second accused on the victim’s body. Some bruises and injuries were also reported on the victim’s body.

Chief Prosecutor Yousuf Mohammed Fulath asked the Court to apply stiffest penalty on the accused. The court adjourned the case till March 22.