mobanmarketDubai: An Indian man has gone on trial accused of touching a woman’s backside in Dubai’s Dragon Mart, a court heard on Thursday.
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The 35-year-old Syrian woman testified that she was in Dragon Mart in August of this year, when the 33-year-old defendant followed her before touching her backside.
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“I was buying some toys with my children when I saw the defendant,” she said. “He kept staring at me in a way that scared me. He stood behind me and kept checking my body despite the fact I was wearing non-revealing clothes, he then touched my backside,” she added.
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The woman yelled at the defendant and other shoppers gathered around them before police arrived and arrested the defendant.
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“It was 10am on a Friday so there were few shoppers in the mart,” she said.
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The defendant admitted to touching the woman and surveillance cameras supported the victim’s version of events.
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Dubai Public Prosecution charged the defendant with sexually abusing the victim.
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The trial has been adjourned until next month.
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