Dubai: A Kyrgyz man has been charged with raping a Russian woman in her home last year.
According to court documents, the man called the victim saying he needed to talk to her about his problems.
The suspect met the victim under her building, where they spoke about stress he was facing because he was unemployed.
“He told me he had nowhere to sleep, so I told him he could sleep at my home, as my roommate had left,” the victim told court.
Records show that the man then forced himself on the woman in her apartment.
The victim fled and went to the adjacent building, where her friend was staying. She then called the police.
Online ‘woman’ charged
Meanwhile, an Indian student, who posed as a Syrian woman on a social media site, has been charged with blackmailing an Indian salesman and threatening to have him arrested.
He lured the victim to Zabeel Park and, posing as the girl’s brother, threatened to have the salesman arrested him unless the salesman paid him Dh25,000. The salesman who ended up paying Dh5000, reported the matter to police, who arrested the student. The next hearing is on May 28.
