SHARJAH // A man has been taken into custody after allegedly sexually assaulting his daughters.
Police arrested the suspect, an Asian expatriate, after receiving a call from one of the daughter’s teachers.
Medical tests carried out on the girls, aged 9 and 12, confirmed signs of sexual abuse.
The children are currently with their mother, while their father awaits trial.
Sharjah’s Children Protection hotline received the call after one of the children had told her teacher about the abuse, said Mohammed Mubarak, director of the hotline.
The abuse was carried out over several years, he said.
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Marie Byrne, a counsellor who volunteers at the UAE government's mental health crisis helpline, said the ordeal the crew had been through would take time to overcome.
“It was worse than a prison sentence, where at least someone can deal with a set amount of time incarcerated," she said.
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“Because of coronavirus, the world is very different now to the one they left, that will also have an impact.
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