UAE | Crime
Rapists of boy appeal against 15-year jail terms
Two Emiratis serving 15-year jail terms for kidnapping and having forceful sex with a French boy, has pleaded not guilty and are seeking leniency before Dubai's highest court.
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 00:34 March 25, 2008
Dubai: Two Emiratis serving 15-year jail terms for kidnapping and having forceful sex with a French boy, has pleaded not guilty and are seeking leniency before Dubai's highest court.
In their appeal to the Dubai Court of Cassation, the two accused, I.M., 18, and A.K., 35, denied their charges and asked the court to grant them clemency. A.K.'s medical reports confirmed he has Aids and Hepatitis.
Their lawyer Saeed Al Ghailani, of Al Ghailani Advocates and Legal Consultants, handed the appeal to the Court of Cassation as the duo were not present at Monday's hearing.
In the appeal sheet, Al Ghailani again requested the judges to refer the case to experts to verify whether it is medically possible for the victim not to contract Hepatitis or Aids after the victim alleged that "each of the 20-minute intercourses occurred without a condom".
The Court of Appeal earlier confirmed the defendants' 15-year jail sentence after Presiding Judge Eisa Al Sharif upheld the initial ruling.
The Public Prosecution charged I.M., A.K. and their compatriot, I.S., 17, with deceiving and kidnapping the 15-year-old French-Swiss boy, and his friend, 16. They were charged with forcefully undressing the boy threatening him with a knife before having sex with him, while his friend was kept outside the vehicle.
The boy's medical reports confirmed that he had not contracted Aids or Hepatitis.
A Dubai Government spokesperson in this case, Dr Habib Al Mulla of Dr Habib Al Mulla and Co Advocates and Legal Consultants, told Gulf News earlier the initial and appeal sentences are in accordance with the practice in most countries in respect to similar crimes.
The Appeal Court also upheld the referral of the victim's Dh15 million civil compensation claim to Dubai Civil Court.
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