Dubai: A salesman has been cleared of molesting a maid in her bedroom after trespassing into her sponsor’s villa.
The 29-year-old Nepalese salesman was alleged to have called the maid, whom he knew, and told her that he was coming to the villa to wash the sponsor’s car in February.
The Nepalese maid asked the salesman not to come to the villa, according to records, because it was late and she was alone.
The salesman called the maid repeatedly but she did not answer his call until she heard her sponsor’s dog barking loudly. As she went out in the garden to check why the dog was barking, she found the salesman outside her room.
The maid alleged that the suspect grabbed her hand and pulled her into her bedroom before she hit on his head with an iron. She said when she called her sponsor’s son for help, the suspect fled from the scene.
The salesman pleaded not guilty when he appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance. “Yes I went to villa after she had called me in the evening … but I did not molest her,” the man told the court.
Citing lack of corroborated evidence, the Dubai Court of First Instance acquitted the salesman of trespassing into the villa and molesting the maid.
Thursday’s ruling remains subject to appeal within 15 days.
