Dubai: Three workers have been accused of ganging up against their roommate and raping him.
The Pakistani trio, 19-year-old M.E., 30-year-old M.K. and 21-year-old M.S., sneaked into the room that they shared with their countryman, immobilised him and gang-raped him in January.
Prosecutors accused the trio of gang-raping their roommate at the labour accommodation in Jebel Ali.
The suspects pleaded not guilty and refuted the accusation of raping the roommate when they appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday.
According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said the suspects used physical violence to pin their roommate to the bed where he was sleeping before raping him.
The roommate claimed to prosecutors that the incident happened shortly after he woke up to someone touching his back.
“I woke up suddenly to someone feeling my back at 11pm. When I tried to use the mobile’s light to see who it was, I saw the three suspects. They asked to have sex with me but I refused. They all seemed drunk. When I tried to exit the room, they prevented me. They restrained me and raped me one at a time. M.K. slapped me when I tried to resist. M.E. gagged me when I tried to shout and cry for help. They overpowered me and abused me sexually,” he testified.
A policeman claimed to prosecutors: “When we reached the labour accommodation where the incident happened, I saw the claimant petrified and quivering.”
M.K. and M.S. were quoted as telling prosecutors that they indulged in sexual activity with their roommate and it was not the first time.
Presiding judge Fahd Al Shamsi said the court will appoint lawyers to defend the suspects when it reconvenes on June 15.
