Electrician gets 3-year jail in Dubai for molesting 10-year-old girl

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Indian electrician, molesting a 10-year-old French girl, Jumeirah, housemaid, multiple charges,
The electrician will be deported after serving his prison time as per the court ruling.- Alamy Image

Dubai - The housemaid is also accused of helping the man getting illegal access into her employer's house.

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Marie Nammour

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Published: Wed 31 Jul 2019, 6:15 PM

Last updated: Wed 31 Jul 2019, 8:20 PM

An Indian electrician, on trial on multiple charges which included molesting a 10-year-old French girl, was sentenced to three years in jail by the Dubai Court of First Instance on Wednesday (July 31).
According to public prosecution records, the 43-year-old technician molested the girl at her parents' villa in Jumeirah on several occasions in 2018 after the housemaid, a 43-year-old Sri Lankan, let him inside the premises.   
The electrician has also been charged with trespass. He and the housemaid were both charged with having illicit sex. The sexual encounters date back to March 2019.
The housemaid is also accused of helping the man getting illegal access into her employer's house.
Both are detained.
The electrician will be deported after serving his prison time as per the court ruling.
The prosecution investigators heard from the girl inside the investigation room at the public prosecution how the male accused would visit the maid at a time when her parents were not in the villa.
She said that he would sit next to her while she watched TV with her siblings in the living room. The man would sit in a way to touch her and move closer to her while she tried to get away from him. He would touch her inappropriately several times even though she tried hard to keep his hand away. The accused would then tell her not to inform anybody about it. The girl did not tell her parents or anyone for some time as she felt confused and scared. 
The maid told her to keep the matter a secret when she confided in her.
The girl's mother said she got very surprised upon hearing from her daughter that the male defendant entered the living room. "That man was only allowed inside the maid's room. My daughter told me that he groped and touched her in a bad way repeatedly over a long span of time."
The defendant has the right to appeal the conviction ruling within 15 days.
mary@khaleejtimes.com
 
 


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