Dubai: A suspected burglar is facing trial after one of Dubai Police’s K-9 dogs tracked him down after he left his shoe at the crime scene.

The 27-year-old Bangladeshi worker, M.R., is accused of breaking into a Jordanian man’s house. He was said to have scuffled with the Jordanian after groping his wife before fleeing from the same balcony through which he sneaked into the villa.

The police dog identified the suspect after sniffing his shoe that was left behind when he fled from the villa in Umm Suqeim in April 2012. The worker is now in custody.

Prosecutors charged M.R. with molesting the woman, assaulting the Jordanian man and trespassing into the man’s home.

He was also accused of attempting to steal a BlackBerry phone.

The suspect entered a not guilty plea when he defended himself before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Monday.

“I did not attempt to rob or steal anything. I am not guilty. I did not do any wrong,” said M.R.

According to the charge sheet the defendant used two screwdrivers to break into the villa. Then he sneaked into the bedroom through a balcony while the man and his wife were asleep.

Records said when he groped the housewife’s thigh she woke up and shouted. When she yelled, her husband jumped out of the bed and fought with the defendant to prevent him from stealing the BlackBerry. The suspect was said to have pushed the Jordanian and injured him before fleeing. While he was running away, he left his shoe behind.

The Jordanian confirmed that he was involved in a scuffle with M.R.

An Omani policeman testified that the K-9 dog identified the defendant from his shoe that was seized at the crime scene.

Prosecution records cited M.R. admitting that he jumped over the villa’s fence and sneaked into the bedroom through the glass door that was open. He claimed that the woman screamed when he approached her to check if she was asleep. He admitted that he quarrelled with the Jordanian man before he managed to run away from the villa, from which he intended to steal.

A judgement will be heard on September 30.