The Criminal Court of Appeal in Ras Al Khaimah, yesterday, tightened the punishment of a Gulf national accused of the account of a doctor «sexual relations» on the program «Snapchat», imprisonment for three years instead of 18 months for charges against him by the Public Prosecution of threatening a Gulf girl (Victim) and attribute things that scratch her honor and mind and get her to practice prostitution with others and with children of minors.

The first instance court sentenced the defendant to one year in jail for threatening the victim, and six months imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 dirhams for the second charge: inciting the victim by coercion to practice debauchery and prostitution through a social media. Unauthorized access to the victim's electronic account and copies of her personal photos, acquittal of the remaining charges and confiscation of his mobile phone.

The Public Prosecution accused the defendant of threatening the Gulf nationality victim through a social media phone on his mobile phone to give them naked things to honor them and make them engage in prostitution with children and bring minors to have sex with them for a fee. Social media on the practice of immorality and prostitution, also entered without permission to her account to electronic and copy her personal photos.

She added that the defendant abused and exploited the victim's account and copied her personal photos. He also abused and used the communication services and services to annoy the victim, acquired pornographic materials and videos that addressed children's sexual instincts and adorned them with unlawful behaviors. .

The Public Prosecution in Ras Al Khaimah filed an appeal against the judgment issued by the Court of First Instance before the Court of Appeal, stating that the contested verdict was marred by mistake in application, corruption in reasoning and lack of idleness. The Criminal Court of Appeal amended the sentence issued by the First Instance Court to one and a half years imprisonment and sentenced the accused to three years imprisonment for all charges against him.

According to the corridors of the case, the defendant has created accounts on the program `` Snape Young '', under several names, including an account in the name of Dr. sexual relations, and posed as a girl to lure his victims, and through his account on Snapchat sent a request in addition to the victim and communicate with them on the basis that A girl, before the victim finds out that she is communicating with a young man.

The papers added that the defendant copied her personal photos and threatened to send her pictures to her family to expose them, which made her afraid and made her respond to his wishes and send him a personal video to stop threatening her.

The case papers explained that the defendant asked the victim to shoot video clips while having sexual relations with others and children of minors for a fee, but rejected the request and filed a report with the competent authorities, where the search was conducted and the investigation of the owner of the electronic account and found that a young Gulf resident in One of the areas of the State where coordination with the competent authorities was seized and confiscated phones seized in the commission of the crime, and was referred to the Public Prosecution for investigation on the case and then to the Criminal Court.

The defense lawyer for the defendant pointed out during the plead before the court, to the unreasonable incident based on what the victim said in the investigation that she had an account in the program (Snapchat) and that the defendant entered her account and began to identify them and three days later asked to bring Children of minors have sex with them in return for money. He has also copied and threatened her if she does not respond to his demands.

He added that the victim feared the accused and sent him a personal video clip, and then disappeared for two days and then returned and asked her to have sex with children and filming the incident, which invited her to submit a report to the competent authorities

The defense lawyer pointed out that the incident does not agree with the logic because the victim sent the request to add the accused through the program «Snapchat», and also sent a personal video of the accused, and continued that all the statements of the victim in the investigation was sent, and that the accused He has already threatened her by filing a complaint against her with the competent authorities if she sends her personal photographs to him again as a crime punishable by law, pointing out that the material corner of the crime is lacking and there is no conclusive evidence that the accused has committed the charges against him, and his sit in denial in the stages of the lawsuit.