Dubai: A man has confessed that he secretly filmed a number of unidentified men when he fixed a camera in the ducts of an air extractor at a shopping mall’s washroom.
The 35-year-old Kenyan man, E.K., was said to have fixed a handy camera in the duct of the air extractor in the men’s washroom to film men using the toilet in Deira.
The Kenyan defendant entered a guilty plea and admitted that he filmed naked men using the washroom when he appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday.
According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said E.K. breached the modesty of an unidentified number of unknown men when he filmed them naked.
The incident happened between November 31 and December 1 last year.
A Bangladeshi cleaner testified that he had finished cleaning the washroom when he discovered the hidden camera.
“I found the camera fixed in the duct of the air extractor. It was set in a position to film those who sat on the toilet seat. I immediately informed my boss who called the police,” claimed the cleaner.
A police lieutenant claimed to prosecutors that they were informed about the incident at around 9pm.
“When police examined the camera, footage that showed the defendant’s face when he fixed the camera was exposed. Police issued a search and arrest warrant… the defendant was arrested on December 30. Upon confrontation, he admitted that he fixed the camera to take naked photos of men while they used the washroom,” testified the lieutenant.
A ruling will be heard on April 8.
