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worker faces one-year imprisonment for molesting an 11-year-old schoolgirl
although he defended in court that he didn't molest her but kissed her because
she reminded him of his dead daughter.
The Dubai Court of First Instance yesterday convicted the 33-year-old
Indian worker, R.M, of molesting the girl by hugging and kissing her against
her will.
"The accused will be deported following the completion of
his jail term," said Presiding Judge Mohammad Jamal Kamel in courtroom
nine yesterday.
When the defendant appeared in court he pleaded not guilty and
strongly refuted the charge of molesting the schoolgirl.
"I had an 11-year-old daughter who passed away when she was
sick. When I saw the claimant I remembered my daughter… so I kissed her cheeks.
I didn't molest her," argued R.M. when he defended himself in court.
Prosecution records said police arrested the accused after he
left his mobile number on a love letter that he put in the girl's pencil case.
According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said R.M. molested the schoolgirl,
R.J, by dragging her towards him and hugging her against her will then kissing
her cheeks and lips. "That's untrue. I did not kiss her lips… I only
kissed her like a father," R.M. defended.
The girl's mother said her daughter had called her after getting
off the school bus. She said: "I told her to take the stairs. Ten minutes
later when she called me, she was crying. She said a person chased her and told
her that he loved her. Then he hugged and kissed her," she said.
The judgment is subject to appeal within 15 days.
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