Dubai: An employee has been accused of deceiving his workmate by saying that he wanted to teach her driving and then stopping in a sandy area where he raped her in his car.

The 36-year-old Pakistani employee was said to have talked his Ukrainian colleague into letting him teach her how to drive after insisting on her picking a date during a long weekend in July.

Shortly after the 32-year-old woman decided on a Friday, the employee picked her up in his car and drove towards Al Qudra Street in the afternoon.

The man asked her to sit on his lap, according to records, as he pulled his seat back to teach her driving.

The woman refused to sit on his lap and. as he continued driving, he swerved into a sandy area and the car got stuck in sand.

The Pakistani stepped out of his car wanting to release the tyres stuck in the sand. The 32-year-old woman asked him to call someone for help before the sun set and cautioned him that he would not be able to free the car by himself.

The suspect pleaded not guilty when he appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Tuesday.

“We had consensual sex … I did not rape her,” the 35-year-old man contended before the presiding judge.

The woman claimed to prosecutors that the incident happened after she accepted the suspect’s offer to teach her driving.

“We had a five-day-long weekend and I agreed that he teach me driving. He picked me up and I asked him to drive me to Al Karama area to purchase a mobile charger. He stopped at a shop and the retailer told us that he would bring the charger the next day. Then he headed towards Al Qudra Street where he said he would teach me driving. He asked me to sit on his lap to teach me but I refused. I got angry and told him to drop me home and told him that I would never sit in a car alone with him. While driving, he suddenly turned into a sandy area. The tyres got stuck. He tried to move the vehicle, but couldn’t. He did not call anyone for help and got down to free the tyres … he took off his pants. I repeatedly warned him … but he refused to listen and insisted that he would free the tyres. The area was poorly lit and it was already dark. He finally told me that he was not able to free the car. He sat beside me in the back seat … he told me that he loved me. Then he forced himself on me and kissed me … I resisted and moved my head away several times. Then he forced himself on me and raped me although I told him to stop for physiological reasons. After he finished he called up someone who came and towed the car out. Thereafter he dropped me at my friend’s place and she accompanied me to the police station to complain,” the Ukrainian testified to prosecutors.

A police lieutenant claimed to prosecutors that the suspect told him during questioning that he had sex with the woman.

The court will appoint a lawyer to defend the suspect when it reconvenes on January 3.