UAE | Crime
Duo accused of raping French boy plead innocent
Victim and friend were kidnapped after being offered drive back home.
- By Bassam Za'za', Staff Reporter
- Published: 12:43 January 20, 2008
- Presiding Judge Eisa Al Sharif of Dubai Court of Appeal adjourned the case till Sunday.
- Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
Dubai: Two adult Emiratis, currently serving a 15-year jail term for kidnapping and having sex against a 15-year-old French boy's will, have pleaded innocent before a court on Sunday.
"I don't know English or French languages and nothing of what I have been accused of happened," the 35-year-old defendant, A.K., (whose medical reports confirmed that he has Aids and Hepatitis), told Presiding Judge Eisa Al Sharif of Dubai Court of Appeal on Sunday.
Denial
A.K. and his 18-year-old compatriot, I.M., denied their charges before judge Al Sharif who said the Public Prosecution will have to hand over a copy of its appeal sheet to lawyer Saeed Al Ghailani, of Saeed Al Ghailani Advocates and Legal Consultants, who is representing the Emirati defendants.
The Public Prosecution charged A.K., I.M. and their 17-year-old compatriot, I.S., (prosecuted at Juvenile Court) with deceiving and kidnapping the 15-year-old boy, A.R., and his 16-year-old compatriot, F.K., by offering to drive them home.
They were charged with forcefully undressing A.R., threatening him with a knife and stick before having sex with him against his will. The Emiratis committed the crime while F.K. was kept outside the vehicle.
A.K. and I.M. appeared in the Appeal's Court following the medical reports which confirmed that A.R. tested negative for HIV and hepatitis.
The boy's lawyer Hussain Al Jaziri, of Jaafar, A'alwan and Al Jaziri Advocates and Legal Consultants, confirmed the results of the tests to Gulf News on Saturday.
However, he refused to comment whether the test results will impact his client's civil compensation claim of Dh15 million or not.
Dubai Court of First Instance sentenced the defendants to 15 years in prison each for kidnapping and having sex with the French boy against his will.
It also referred the compensation claim to the civil court.
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