DUBAI // A man was sentenced to five years in prison today for raping his housemaid while they were home alone.
The defendant, the 44-year-old AS, told the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance had denied that the incident occurred at all.
He was convicted of having sex with his Ethiopian maid against her will while she was ironing in her room. AS told the court he had no defence lawyer and relied only on God to defend him.
The victim told prosecutors AS raped her after she refused several other sexual advances. She said he entered her room and told her that he often bought gold and valuable items for his former housemaid, who he said had sex with him several times.
She said he asked her to do the same, but when she refused, he pulled her to the floor and raped her.
A police officer testified AS denied the rape and said he only molested her with her consent.
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