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Man gets jail term for second case of abduction and rape
A young man will spend three years behind bars for posing as a policeman, abducting and raping a woman in a remote area, a court ruled yesterday.
- By Bassam Za'za Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:16 September 10, 2007
Dubai: A young man will spend three years behind bars for posing as a policeman, abducting and raping a woman in a remote area, a court ruled yesterday.
Dubai Court of First Instance convicted 21-year-old UAE national, K.J., with impersonating a policeman, abducting the Filipina housemaid, C.M., raping her and stealing her cell-phone, as charged by the Public Prosecution.
This is the second ruling of its kind against the same defendant. On August 29, the court passed a similar sentence against him for impersonating a policeman, luring a Filipina housemaid, E.J., into his car, raping her and stealing Dh2,500 from her.
The 21-year-old pleaded innocent and denied the charges in both cases.
"I am innocent and do not even know the victims. I never even heard their names before," he had told the court earlier.
A policeman said in his statement: "The defendant is my neighbour. He refused to ... turn himself in for questioning. We arrested him later in a sting operation in Sharjah."
In E.J.'s case, a 42-year-old Filipina housemaid testified: "He posed as a policeman and asked us to get in his car .... He ... dropped me off at Al Wasl. E.J. phoned me later and said she got raped."
Youth imprisoned for working in sex industry
A 25-year-old man will spend two years in jail for working as a sex worker and wearing women's outfits in public, ruled a court yesterday.
Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the UAE national, A.H., of prostitution and committing an indecent act in public.
The Public Prosecution charged him with offering sexual services to men for money ranging between Dh700 and Dh1,000 per person and acting lewdly in public. "I didn't work in the sex industry nor slept with men for money and besides I didn't wear any women's outfit," A.H. told the court. A teenager, A.S., who faces the same charges, has been referred to Dubai Juveniles' Court.
A policeman said: "A.H. and A.S. confessed to me that they sleep with men. They claimed that they are homosexuals and have slept with a number of men willingly and without being forced to do so."
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