UAE | Crime
Expatriate accused of exposing himself
A 37-year-old Briton, who is facing charges of unzipping his trousers while under intoxication and publicly flashing his private parts to a woman, failed to appear in court on Tuesday.
- By Bassam Za'za, Senior Reporter
- Published: 22:51 June 30, 2009
Dubai: A 37-year-old Briton, who is facing charges of unzipping his trousers while under intoxication and publicly flashing his private parts to a woman, failed to appear in court on Tuesday.
When Presiding Judge Zakaria Othman of the Dubai Misdemeanours Court summoned the British advertising executive to relay his charges, the latter failed to appear in courtroom 5.
"I consumed 12 cups of vodka in Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi and I don't recall unzipping my trousers and exposing myself to the woman," claimed the suspect in his statement before his interrogators.
The Public Prosecution charged the Briton with committing an indecent gesture in public. He was additionally charged with cursing the 45-year-old Lebanese secretary and dishonouring her.
According to records, the defendant refused to sign his statements before the police and the public prosecution because they were written in Arabic which he claimed he didn't know.
"I was returning home from Jumeirah's boardwalk. I spotted the suspect hugging the wall and flirting with it indecently as if it was a woman. I didn't pay much attention to him because he seemed drunk.
"While I waited for the elevator, the suspect walked towards me with his zipper open and his private parts exposed. He cursed me, Dubai and Muslims. He asked me to go into the entrance with him, but I refused. I rushed away and called the building's guard," the secretary alleged in her statement at the Public Prosecution.
Medical reports confirmed that the suspect suffers from alcoholism and attends therapy sessions to prevent a relapse.
Presiding Judge Othman adjourned the case until next month.
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