Man attacks woman praying at a Dubai mosque

The victim sustained multiple facial fractures that may take up to two years to heal

A man has been accused of assaulting a woman as she prayed at a Dubai mosque.  
The defendant attacked the woman after she refused to sleep with him, the Dubai Court of First Instance heard.  
The attack caused her a possible permanent disability. 
The 37-year-old Bangladeshi man is said to have taken the woman's number from a nearby cafeteria and offered her a job. The 43-year-old victim, a Bangladeshi homemaker, refused the job offer. Later in the day, she received a phone call from the same person who "spoke impolitely" asking her to "hang out and sleep with him in a villa". 
"I refused and told him that I was an old woman. He insisted, so I hung up the phone," the woman was quoted as telling prosecutors. 
Two days later, the man attacked her during her afternoon prayers at a mosque and punched her repeatedly in the face, causing her major injuries in her right eye and several facial fractures. She also sustained injuries in the chest and stomach. 
A police officer told prosecutors that the accused said he took the woman's number from a nearby cafeteria after learning that she was looking for a job. The accused had said he'd been in touch with her to help her find a job. He denied assaulting her. 
Medical reports showed that the victim sustained multiple facial fractures that may take up to two years to heal. Her complaints of duality of vision may indicate a 25 per cent permanent disability. 
The defendant denied the charges against him when he appeared before the court.
A verdict will be pronounced on January 16.
- sherouk@khaleejtimes.com
 
 

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