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29 March 2024

Policeman accused of raping Filipina

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By Eman Al Baik

A policeman is accused of kidnapping a Filipina, taking her to a remote area and raping her.

According to the case before the Dubai Criminal Court, the incident happened on May 10, at around 11.45pm.

MO, 41, a Filipina saleswoman was searching for her friend’s flat at the Al Warqa area.

In her testimony she said: “While I was waiting for my friend, a car stopped next to me and the driver presented his military ID and then asked me why I was there.

“I told him that I was waiting my friend and so he asked me to present my ID.

“He also asked me to hand him my mobile. I handed him my documents and mobile phone. Then he asked me to get into his car as he offered me a lift to Hamdan School, which is near were my friend stays.

“Being a policeman as was mentioned on the ID, I did not suspect him and so I got into the car.

“While driving, he called my friend from my mobile and told her not to worry as he would drop me at the school.

“After driving for about five minutes, he entered an unlit street and then a sandy area where he stopped in front of a building under construction.

“When I asked him why he stopped, he replied that he needed something.

“When I told him that I do not have money, he said he wanted something else.

“I begged him, telling him I am an old woman and have children, but he did not listen to me and raped me.

“I tried to run away, but the doors were locked.”

The accused then dropped the woman to the bus station near the school and the victim reported the incident to the police who took her to hospital.

Investigating the complaint, police identified the accused who was a police corporal.

The victim identified him from a picture shown to her.

MA, 20, was arrested and admitted picking up the victim, but claimed she had asked him for a lift.

He also claimed that he asked her for sex and that she initially refused, but later accepted.

“We had consensual sex and she cleaned her body using my underwear which I got rid of in a garbage bin in the same area,” MA told investigators.

Later, the accused changed his testimony claiming that he did not have sex with the woman as she was crying.

Forensic reports show that the victim was subject to forcible sexual intercourse.

The court will reconvene on September 25.

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