Dubai: A security guard has been accused of hugging and kissing a housemaid inside her sponsor’s villa after he asked her for a glass of water.

The 33-year-old Pakistani security guard, T.T., was said to have walked into the villa behind the Filipina maid in April claiming he had to check on the garden. Then he asked the woman for a glass of water before he followed her into the kitchen where he molested her.

Jail wardens did not bring the suspect from his confinement to produce him before the Dubai Court of First Instance where he was scheduled to enter his plea on Tuesday.

Prosecutors charged T.T. with hugging and kissing the maid and touching her indecently.

The Filipina claimed to prosecutors that the suspect came to her sponsor’s house in Al Barsha wanting to check the garden at 1.30pm.

“I answered the door and allowed him in after he claimed that he worked for the management of the gated community where I work for my sponsor. After he finished inspecting the back garden, he came to me and asked for a glass of water. Then he started asking me personal questions. Next he told me that it was hot inside the house… I informed him that the cooling system was not functioning properly. When he asked me to show him the broken down cooling unit, I took him to check the one in my bedroom. Then I went back to the kitchen to continue the house chores… suddenly he came from behind and hugged me. I pushed him away and asked him to stop. He chased me and hugged and kissed me again. I continuously pushed him away and cried and begged him to leave me. He insisted on kissing me until I warned him that my boss was about to come home. Then he rushed out,” claimed the Filipina.

The British sponsor claimed to prosecutors that once she returned home, she found the Filipina scared and in tears.

“When I asked her what had happened, she cried even more. Then she told me the defendant had molested her. I called the police immediately,” she added.

A policeman cited the suspect as admitting during questioning that he kissed the maid but ran away once he heard a car honking nearby. The trial continues.