The Dubai Criminal Court started the trial of a well-known café manager (Arabic) on charges of harassing a female employee, although she tried to avoid him several times for fear of his reaction and harming her at work, but eventually fed up and informed the human resources officer. Surveillance cameras were found to have recorded the crime of harassment, and then informed the police who referred the defendant to the Public Prosecutor and then to the Criminal Court, on charges of committing a felony of indecent assault.
The victim, an Asian supervisor, said she had known the accused for nearly a year, being her co-worker and branch manager, pointing out that he had been harassing her, and the last time attracted her from her pants and touched sensitive areas of her body, and sat on his legs by force, did not bear his actions , And informed the Director of Human Resources Department.
She said that she suffered from a bad psychological situation because of the actions of that person, but was afraid of him because she is a new employee at work, and was always threatening that he would expel her if she complained, pointing out that her colleagues were witness to harassment, and there are cameras in the cafe monitoring the incident, stressing that she She knew why he acted with her in this way. She never did anything to provoke her, and the defendant did not compromise her so as not to report his actions before, but she was afraid of his reaction.
For her part, said the director of human resources that the defendant has been working as a manager in the cafe for five years, pointing out that the victim resorted to her last September, when repeated harassment of the accused, the last in the back room allocated for the seating of staff, and was afraid and confused, after He forced her to sit on his legs, as he suddenly accepted her, noting that administration officials had seen the recordings of surveillance cameras, and accordingly informed the police, confirming that the victim had a good conduct and disciplined behavior throughout her life, and was afraid, crying and trembling when she told her of the incident.
An eyewitness, a colleague of the victim and the accused, confirmed Al-Oula's novel, noting that she had seen her withdrawn several times from her trousers rack, and the victim was not happy at all with what he was doing, and did not initiate any act that encourages him or provokes him to do so. the work.
The employee tried to avoid her manager several times for fear of his reaction.