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28 March 2024

Visitor rapes teen girl after scamming her on Facebook

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An Arab man is on trial in Dubai on charges of raping a 14-year-old Gulf school girl after blackmailing her with private photographs she had sent him on Facebook, thinking he is a girl.

The prosecutor accused the 26-year-old man of using the girl’s young age to carry out his “satanic act and satisfy his sick whim,” demanding maximum punishment of the defendant.

The criminal court, opening hearings on Sunday, was told the unnamed defendant had misled the girl into believing he was a girl, who wanted to be a friend of the victim on Facebook.

After corresponding with each other, she believed him and sent photographs of her half-naked body.

“Once he got the pictures, the man started blackmailing the girl…he threatened to publish the pictures on Facebook and give them to her parents,” Arabic daily Al Ittihad said.

It quoted the unnamed girl as telling the court that he finally came to her house at 1.00am and forced her to open the window of her bedroom, where he raped her.

“In the morning, the girl said she was still so traumatized that she drank acetone (nail remover) by mistake as it was next to the water bottle…while she was on her way to hospital she told her father that she was raped,” the paper said.

It said the defendant claimed in court that he had consensual sex with the girl and that he has known her for two years.


Watchman charged with molesting sleepy tenant

A Pakistani watchman allegedly molested a Chinese woman while in latter’s flat, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

JYL, 22, the victim was alone at home and taking a nap when the accused JHM, 39, knocked on the door to take measurements of the flat.

The victim let him in and went back to take a nap. The watchman then woke her up asking for help, which JYL refused.

JHM then offered to massage her and tried to molest JYL.

The culprit confessed to the crime adding that the thought of a massage aroused his sexual desires.

First Lieutenant Mohammed Ibrahim testified that the building watchman went to the flat upon the request of the landlord.

The Court adjourned the case for verdict until May 20.

Gang of 7 in kidnapped sales rep, robbed Dh1.87m

Six Pakistanis and one Indian national kidnapped a marketing representative carrying Dh1.87m and then left him in the desert, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

The accused have been identified and the police have already arrested two of them.

Chief Prosecutor Yousuf Mohammed has asked the court to impose the stiffest penalty to ensure that a similar crime is not committed again.

MIS, 36, the victim testified that he had three cheques worth Dh1m and carried a bag with Dh300,000, when a man posing as a policeman approached him. 

“Two other similar individuals cuffed me and put me into the car. They blindfolded me and took away my bag.”

The victim then found himself in the desert but managed to note their car number.

The gang will also face charges for forging police IDs and posing as CID officials.