Dubai: A cleaner was acquitted on Monday of spying on a woman taking a shower after he argued that he was only cleaning the windows.
Citing lack of evidence, the Dubai Court of First Instance cleared the 28-year-old cleaner, M.J., of peeping at the 38-year-old designer by watching her in the shower.
When the Bangladeshi cleaner defended himself before the court, he dismissed the prosecutors’ accusation.
He denied breaching the Filipina designer’s modesty and privacy and watching her naked.
“No I didn’t. I was just doing my job cleaning the windows of the building from outside… I was cleaning the glass,” M.J. said.
According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said M.J. intentionally peeped at 38-year-old J.J. while she took a shower in her bathroom.
‘Shouted’
“I am innocent because I didn’t do anything wrong,” said the suspect.
The designer claimed that she entered her bathroom to take a shower. She closed the window after she saw it open. “I removed my clothes and went into the bathtub… I pulled the curtains and covered half of the bathtub. While I was showering, I noticed that the window was opened again. Then I realised that somebody must have been peeping at me while I was in the shower. I closed the window again then covered myself up with a towel and waited. When I saw the defendant opened the window, I shouted at him… then I rushed out of the bathroom and called the police,” said the Filipina.
An Emirati police corporal testified that they were told about a problem in a building at Dubai Sports City.
The corporal said the defendant denied peeping at the woman and alleged that he was cleaning the window.
Monday’s judgement remains subject to appeal within 15 days.
