Man who raped maid jailed for six months

DUBAI// A man who raped a maid in a bathroom at her sponsor’s home has been jailed for six months.

The 21-year-old Pakistani denied the charges of rape, sexual assault and issuing death and defamation threats when he appeared at Dubai Criminal Court in November.

The Filipina victim, 45, said she was cleaning her sponsor’s home in Al Khawaneej on April 2 when she saw the defendant in the bathroom.

“He locked the door and hit me then stripped me naked. When I screamed he told me he would kill me,” she said.

“After that, he took off his clothes and ordered me to touch him,” said the maid. She asked him to let her go and told him she was a mother and a wife, but he did not listen.

The defendant pushed her to the ground and raped her.

“I wanted to scare him so I told him I heard footsteps and I asked him to give me my clothes. I got dressed and ran to my room, crying,” she said.

The maid told a co-worker, who informed their sponsor who called the police.

The woman told officers the defendant had a video showing her naked and threatened to send it to her family if she told police.

Court records did not say if the defendant was an intruder or worked at the same house as the maid.

He claimed he had consensual sex with the woman although he admitted he had recorded a video of her.

On Thursday, the court also fined him Dh5,000 and ordered his deportation after serving his jail term.