Dubai: An engineer on Tuesday cried foul against prosecutors in court where he denied the charge of raping his girlfriend in Discovery Gardens in Dubai.

"I am an engineer and an educated person. How could they charge me with rape and detain me! I am not guilty. I didn't rape the girl, but we had consensual sex," argued the 34-year-old Kyrgyz engineer when he defended himself before the Dubai Court of First Instance.

Prosecutors accused the suspect, A.C., of getting drunk and committing an indecent act in public when he had sex with the 24-year-old Kazakh girl against her will behind the building where she lived in Discovery Gardens.

"We had consensual sex and she did not mind… why am I being detained for something I didn't do? I have an engineering degree which is authenticated… I need a copy of the case file to prepare the defence," A.C. contended before Presiding Judge Al Saeed Mohammad Barghout in courtroom four yesterday.

Late in the evening

According to the charges sheet, prosecutors said the defendant [who is identified as a salesman as per prosecution records] abused the fact that he was present with his girlfriend late in the evening and raped her.

Prosecution records said A.C. visited 24-year-old Y.Z. in her apartment and they went out and sat in a grassy spot behind the building to drink liquor. He reportedly tried to hug and touch her and when she rejected his advancements, he allegedly pushed her to the ground and raped her.

Prosecutors also charged A.C. with committing an indecent act in public and consuming alcohol.

"He came to visit me at my apartment… so I went down to meet him at the building's entrance. We sat in the backside garden and drank liquor. He started hitting on me and when he tried to kiss and hug me, I refused him. I scolded and pushed him away and tried to move away, but he said he couldn't stop. Then he raped me… while he was abusing me, I tried to escape from his grip, but I couldn't," Y.Z. claimed during prosecution questioning.

During yesterday's hearing, the suspect confessed to consuming liquor and public indecency.