Dubai: A cook has been jailed for six months for working as a male prostitute and having consensual sex with two jobless men, who have also been jailed for six months.
The 29-year-old Filipino man, K.E., agreed to have sex with the Emirati men, 21-year-old M.S. and 25-year-old M.E., in a villa in Al Barsha in November.
The Emiratis picked up K.E. and took him to a villa where they had paid sex before M.E. punched him and knocked him down unconscious and then stole his cash and handbag.
The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted K.E. of working in prostitution.
Presiding judge Fahd Al Shamsi also jailed M.S. and M.E. to six additional months for beating the cook and stealing his belongings.
“K.E. will be deported following the completion of his jail term,” said presiding judge Al Shamsi.
The 25-year-old punched the Filipino and stole his Dh3,000 and a mobile, while his 21-year-old countryman possessed the stolen phone.
“I did not work in prostitution,” K.E. contended in court.
“I had sex with him. And I possessed the mobile but I did not know that it was stolen,” argued M.S.
M.E. refuted all accusations against him contending that he did not have sex with K.E. or steal his belongings.
When asked why he had beaten K.E., M.E. replied: “I beat him first but it was a mutual assault.”
A policeman testified that the Filipino reported to Dubai Police’s Operation Room that he had been assaulted.
“When we arrived at the location, K.E.’s cheek was swollen. He said three men attacked him suddenly while he was walking in the street. He said they forced him into their vehicle, took him to a villa where they had sex with him. We took the claimant to the police station where we recorded his statement and then sent him to the hospital,” the policeman said.
A police corporal said K.E. later changed his statement and admitted that he knew the defendants and had had paid sex with them.
“During questioning, he claimed that he willingly accompanied the Emiratis in their car to have sex with them. The Filipino said he allowed them to have sex with him one at a time. He said M.S. left but he stayed with M.E., who beat him suddenly and robbed his belongings. The Emiratis were apprehended later … M.S. confessed that he had consensual sex with K.E. at the beach. M.E. claimed that K.E. asked him not to speak with anyone but him and to always be his [lover] even if his mother called him [M.E.]. The latter alleged that when K.E. spoke about his mother he punched him,” testified the corporal.
Wednesday’s ruling remains subject to appeal within 15 days.