Two get five years each on sodomy charge

The Dubai Court of First Instance sentenced two Emiratis to five years in jail each for sodomising a boy and recording the act on a video camera and a mobile phone.

The two along with two other fugitives and a person who is now dead, allegedly forcibly sodomised the young Emirati.

According to the charge sheet, in October 2009, AMH, 27, and AIM, 28, participated and assisted the other two fugitives and a third who later died, to sodomise SAM in AMH’s house.

AMH brought the victim to his house and the men sodomised him as the video recording found on his mobile shows.

Four recording clips, each lasting for 15 seconds, showed there was another person shooting the film when two men were having sex with the victim.

The video clips were retrieved from the mobile of AMH, who in his written confession submitted to the court had agreed with AIM to record the act and bring the victim to sodomise him.

The arraignment sheet mentioned that one of the fugitives threatened to beat the victim if he did not obey them. The victim refused initially, but submitted to their request after being beaten up.

The victim was shown playing a video game while the men were sodomising him.

The sheet did not mention how the crime was revealed. It did not include any testimony of the victim nor of the accused and did not mention the cause of death of one of the accused.

Khalid Salem Al Elwi, Assistant Chief Prosecutor, asked the court to apply stiff penalty against the accused.

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