DUBAI // A 10-year-old shopping for toys with her mother in Deira City Centre was molested by the shop’s salesman, Dubai Criminal Court has heard.
Indian F M, 40, told prosecutors that he was lured by the devil when he lusted after the little girl and touched her, records show. However, in court he denied charges of sexual assault.
Prosecutors said that on January 20 the girl went into a toy shop as her mother waited outside.
It was about 10pm when she went into the shop and asked the defendant about some of the toys. He allegedly bit his lip, touched himself then touched her chest, bottom and private parts.
“He was looking at me in a strange way so I walked away to a different section but he followed me and touched me,” said the girl, J A.
She started running away from him but he chased her in the shop until she managed to get to the exit and tell her mother.
The mother told her husband, who called police. The defendant was arrested on the spot.
The next hearing will be on April 19.
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