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19 March 2024

Prisoner on trial for assaulting inmate

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By Eman Al Baik

 A central jail prisoner allegedly sodomised another inmate after claiming that the latter had done that to a relative, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

The victim MA and the accused MM, both 20-year-old, used to know each other before meeting in the central jail.

“I live in Al Muzhir area and he used to live in nearby Oud Al Muteena. Our relationship was superficial. However, after meeting in jail, we used to talk on daily basis on general matters. One day he came to me and claimed that I had sodomised his relative. I denied it and  asked him to call the relative to double check with him. As he did not do that, I have the feeling that he made such a claim to attack me.


“Later on June 7, at around 9.30pm, he shocked me when we were together in the room when he asked me to offer him sex. I refused his request and resisted his attempt to undress me forcibly. He punched me twice on my head and pushed me on to the bed. He undressed me while he was sitting on my back. I resisted him and tried to push him away from me but I could not and he sodomised me,” the victim told investigators.

MA could not report the incident to the jail’s attendants on the same night, being scared of what his assaulter would do to him.

“He is the boss of his ward and can assign any of the prisoners to hurt me. I waited until the next day morning when prisoners would be taken outside the jail to attend court hearings,” the victim told the officer to whom he reported the incident.

Criminal Evidences reported that sperms of MM had been found in the victim’s body.

MM, 20, denied forcible sodomy and claimed that it was consensual sex.

The court will give its sentence on October 28.