Dubai: A man has been jailed for three years for trying to rape a maid after he pretended to be the new gardener and followed her into the kitchen to get a broom
The 35-year-old Pakistani man, A.H., trespassed into the villa where the Sri Lankan maid works and tried to have sex with her in October.
The maid allowed A.H. to enter her sponsor’s villa after he claimed to be the new gardener.
The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted A.H. of attempted rape and trespassing into the villa of the maid’s sponsor.
When he showed up in court, A.H. pleaded guilty.
The woman fought back and foiled the man’s attempt to rape her, records said.
According to Wednesday’s ruling, the defendant will be deported following the completion of his jail term.
The Sri Lankan woman testified that she saw A.H. for the first time gardening in the front yard of her sponsor’s villa in Al Barsha.
“He said that he was the new gardener since the former one had left the country and I left him working. Five minutes later, he came and asked me for a broom. When I went to the kitchen to get him one, he followed me. Then he locked the door from inside and pushed me down to the floor. He pinned me down and grabbed my neck … he also removed my clothes. He overpowered me and I could not push him away as he held me strongly by my neck....But he could not complete what he was trying to do... I resisted him a lot. He ran away quickly,” she testified.
A policeman said following the defendant’s apprehension he admitted molesting the woman.
The primary ruling remains subject to appeal within 15 days.
