Man accused of filming couple undress from their Dubai balcony

Labourer caught hiding by husband, who found footage of him and his wife naked on the man's phone, Dubai court hears.

DUBAI // A man is on trial for secretly recording a married couple from their balcony as they got changed in their bedroom.

Indian labourer A B, 22, is accused at Dubai Criminal Court of using his mobile phone to save footage of the couple naked between November 8 and 15.

In court on Monday he denied charges of sexual assault and of violating the privacy of the Indian couple.

The husband, A J, said that on November 15 at 11.50pm, he and his 24-year-old wife spotted a mobile phone directed at them through a small opening in their bedroom balcony door at their apartment in Medan Bani Yas, in Naif.

“We only saw it when the curtain moved a bit, then I went to check it out and I saw A B standing in the corner, trying to remain unseen,” said the husband.

He said he captured the defendant and took the phone. When he checked the mobile he found clips of him and his wife naked, as they were changing their clothes.

A J called police and the man was arrested.

Prosecutors said the labourer confessed during investigations. However, he denied the charges against him in court.

A verdict is due on December 15.