Elderly man molests sisters aged 8 and 10 in Dubai

Dubai - He claimed the girl was like his daughter and he only kissed her on the forehead.

A 69-year-old man allegedly molested two sisters aged eight and 10 near an elevator in the building where they stayed on different occasions, a Dubai court heard on Sunday. The Indian businessman denied the molestation charge at the Court of First Instance.
The case dates back to April 22 in Al Qusais.
The girls' Indian father, 46, said his 10-year-old daughter went to him on the day of the incident, looking scared. "It was around 5.45pm. She told me that when she came back from school at 2pm, an elderly man hugged her from behind, then turned her by force to face him and kissed her on the cheek. He also touched her inappropriately. Even though she tried to stay away from him, he pulled her back to him and kissed her again."
The father went down to the lobby and talked to the receptionist. "He said he was not around when the incident took place. However, as he was showing me the CCTV footage, a man walked in and my daughter pointed at him as the suspect who molested her."
The elderly man denied the girl's accusations in front of the father, claiming the girl was like his daughter and he only kissed her on the forehead.
However, as he saw the surveillance cameras footage, he apologised for what he did and then remained silent.
He was taken into custody by the police shortly later. The police seized the relevant CCTV recordings.
The accused admitted to the investigators he hugged the girl, kissed and inappropriately touched her for about 30 seconds when he spotted her alone near the elevator. He also confessed he had kissed her younger sister on the cheek about one month earlier.
The court will pronounce a verdict on June 24.
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• Dubai