Dubai: An engineer has been been jailed for three months who asking his colleague for a kiss and molesting her.
The 59-year-old Jordanian engineer, N.M., allegedly called the Filipina secretary to his office in March and put his hand on hers, caressed her and and asked her to give him a kiss.
The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted N.M. of molesting the Filipina at the caravan where they both worked.
The accused pleaded not guilty, claiming that the woman’s accusations were baseless.
“I did not molest her … I put my hand on her hand, but it happened to be her leg,” argued the suspect as he contended that he did not have any criminal intent.
Records said the accused molested the Filipina by touching her hand and knee.
According to Monday’s ruling, presiding judge Urfan Omar said the defendant will be deported after serving his jail term.
The 26-year-old secretary testified that the incident happened inside their temporary office in a caravan in Al Ghusais at 1pm.
“The engineer [defendant] asked me to go to his office. When I went there and sat on the chair in front of his desk, he stood up and told me in English ‘I like you’ . Then he asked me to kiss him and hug him. I refused and asked him to stay away from me. He did not stop and came closer to me and put his hand on my hand … he caressed my leg. When I pushed him away, he stopped and returned to his seat,” she said in her statement.
The Filipina informed her manager about the incident and he reported it to the police.
An Egyptian clerk testified to prosecutors that he witnessed the secretary storming out of N.M.’s office.
The primary judgement remains subject to appeal within 15 days.
