Dubai, August 20: A jobless youth is accuse of molesting a Dubai student in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK).
The duo, both Emiratis and aged 20, face charges of having illicit sex, and the man of kidnap in the Court of First Instance.
Khaleej Times reported that the woman told the prosecutor that on May 27, she was in the parking lot of a hypermarket in Al Hamriyah in Dubai around 5.30pm, trying to start her car.
The car did not start. She saw the defendant who came towards her and tried to help her but she ignored him. She said she knew him but had previous disagreements with him.
The student said she was shocked when he got inside the car without her consent. He forced her to drive the car. When they reached near his house in Al Qusais, she pulled the car over to let him step out.
However, the youth did not want to go home. He got out of the car, blocked her way and slapped her.
He tied her hands up with her headdress, forced her to sit in the back seat and drove towards RAK.
When they came back to Dubai around 3am, he headed towards a sandy location near residential buildings where he parked his car. There, she claimed, he kissed, fondled and groped her without her consent.
He then drove towards Al Qusais police station and got out. He told her to go home.
The duo admitted to the charges during interrogation by the police and the prosecution.
-Agencies