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29 March 2024

Cabbie who molested student, jailed

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By Eman Al Baik

A taxi driver, who molested a 15-year-old South African student received three months imprisonment.

The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance also ordered AA, 40 to be deported after serving his jail term.

The incident took place on 16 January when RJ left her friend's house in a taxi and headed home in Al Barsha.

"I sat on the front seat after my friend's brother called for a taxi to pick me up. I noticed the driver gazing at me inappropriately. He then started asking personal questions in order to stated a conversation. He also told me that he is married and has a daughter, so I did not take it as molestation when he put his hand on my shoulder while telling me that."

He then put his hand on her shoulder the held her arm.

"I felt uneasy and told my friend about it on WhatsApp," said the victim.

Her friend told her to trick the drive and turn back to pick up the bag which she 'forgot'.

The victim asked the driver to do so and instead he took her handbag, which was on her lap, and put it in the back seat without asking her.

He grabbed the opportunity and held her palm before he got a phone call.

"As I reached back to my friend's house, I rushed out and forgot my handbag," said the girl.

The victim got off the taxi in a state of shock and collapsed crying when she saw her friend waiting for her outside the house.

After pulling the car's key out and taking the driver's ID her friend's family called the police..

Police arrested AA, 40, who claimed that he shook hands to greet the girl.

When confronted whether he groped her after putting her handbag on the back seat, he said that it was accidental and the he apologised to her.