Dubai: Three workers, who pinned down their sleeping roommate to his bed and raped him one at a time, were each sentenced to three years in jail.
The Pakistani trio, aged 19, 21 and 30, sneaked into the room that they shared with their countryman, immobilised him and gang-raped him in January.
The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the trio of raping their roommate at the labour accommodation in Jebel Ali.
The defendants pleaded not guilty and refuted the accusation of raping the roommate.
According to the primary ruling, the three accused will be deported after serving their jail terms.
Records said they used physical violence to pin their roommate to the bed where he was sleeping before raping him.
The roommate said 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. One of them slapped me when I tried to resist. Another defendant gagged me when I tried to shout and cry for help. They overpowered me and abused me sexually,” he testified.
A policeman testified: “When we reached the labour accommodation where the incident happened, I saw the claimant petrified and quivering.”
Two of the accused were quoted as telling prosecutors that they had indulged in sexual activity with their roommate and it was not the first time.
The trio have already appealed their primary judgement are scheduled to appear before the Appeal Court later this month.
