Restaurant owner accused of raping waitress after being lured to sign a work contract

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Asian businessman has been tried by a Dubai criminal court for raping an Arab waitress working at his restaurant after luring her to his office and unraveling her hymen, prosecutors said.

The victim said that she had been working in the defendant's restaurant for about eight months, could not continue because she did not depend on her residence, and then joined another restaurant for a period of three months, and did not continue again and returned to the first restaurant, after learning of the need for staff, and met the defendant who offered She asked her to go to his office in the same building to sign the contract, noting that she entered the office before when she joined the restaurant previously, but did not know that there is a small room attached.

She added that she entered and the defendant was waiting for her in front of the door.He closed her behind with the key and put it in his pocket.I asked him why, but he calmed her and asked her not to fear.He approached her and sensed her body.When she asked him to open the door, he refused and threatened her with death if she did not respond to him.Then he pulled her from He pulled her into the room, sexually assaulted her, stopped only when she bled profusely, then promised her to marry and asked her not to report to the police.He took money out of the safe and gave it to her.He then withdrew part of it, without knowing the reason, stating that she tried to resist it, But failed because of the enormity of his body.

She noted that she met a colleague immediately after her departure and told him what had happened. He helped her to contact the police, she was referred for a medical examination, and there were some traces of the crime.

A Dubai police officer said he moved to the scene when a rape was reported and saw the defendant and the victim crying and showing signs of fear, and told him what had happened. When he asked the defendant, he said he had done nothing and that she was lying and fabricating the story because she needed He pointed out that the team raised fingerprints and some samples, but no blood stains were found at the scene of the incident, as it is believed that the accused wiped them as washing the floor.