Worker jailed for filming nude woman in fitting room

Dubai: A worker has been jailed for three months for secretly filming a woman while she was trying out a pair of sports trousers in the fitting room of a garment store.

The incident occurred in February. The 25-year-old Sri Lankan worker put his mobile phone in video mode and secretly filmed an Emirati woman while she was in the fitting room. 

The 34-year-old woman picked up a sports outfit and when she entered the fitting room to try it on, she saw someone recording her from under the door.

The woman yelled loudly at the person, who instantly removed his hand and disappeared.

The woman stayed inside the fitting room for five minutes and then walked out and called the police.

The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the defendant of breaching the Emirati’s privacy and molesting her by secretly filming her with his phone.

According to the primary judgement, the accused will be deported after serving his jail term.

The defendant admitted in court that he filmed the woman while she was partly nude inside the fitting room.

The Emirati said she went to try out some sports outfits at a shopping centre. “While I was present in the fitting room, I saw a hand carrying a mobile phone that was in video mode under the door. I shouted at the person who was filming … then I went out after five minutes. Police came and apprehended the worker who was gazing at me fearfully from the other side of the shop,” she testified.