Dubai driver deniers kidnap and rape charges

DUBAI// A man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman told the Dubai Criminal Court the alleged victim willingly got into his car and offered him sex in return for cash.

Z H, 41, a Pakistani driver, denied a charge of kidnap, rape, sexual assault, and posing as a CID officer.

“It was all with her consent and when we finished, she was no longer happy about the amount of money we agreed on so she got out of the car and went to police saying I kidnapped and raped her,” the defendant said.

The alleged victim, a Ugandan saleswoman, 28, told prosecutors that she was waiting for a taxi after midnight on August 8 last year when the defendant approached her.

“I was standing in front of a mosque in Al Hamriya when a minivan stopped next to me, the driver asked me why I was standing there so I said I was waiting for a taxi, he then offered me a lift and I took the seat next to him,” said the woman.

She said they started chatting about her work and nationality after which Z H parked the van in a remote area and started making some phone calls.

“He was talking in Arabic so I didn’t understand anything but then he showed me an ID saying he is a policeman,” she said.

Z H touched her body so she screamed at him and asked him not to but he did not listen. Prosecutors said the woman offered Z H Dh200 to let her go but he refused. He then pulled her into the back of the minivan and raped her.

“I was crying and begging the entire time,” she said,

Z H then drove her back to where he had picked her up at around 2.30am. “He gave me his phone numbers so we can keep in touch,” she said.

She went to police nine hours later and reported Z H for rape. Police arrested the defendant on August 19.

The next hearing will be held on January 27.