Job-seeking woman driven to desert

An employee allegedly kidnapped a job seeker and raped her in a remote sandy area, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

MSN, 31, Emirati, is accused by the prosecution of kidnapping IST, 24, Iranian student, from the Dragon Mart’s parking area where he had asked her to come after offering her a job. He asked her to enter his car and as she did, he locked the vehicle’s doors and drove to a desert area where he raped her twice in the back seat of the car on August 2.

Chief Prosecutor Yousef Mohammed Foulath asked the court to impose the stiffest penalty on the accused.

The victim testified that she met the accused on a website where she wrote that she is badly in need of a job.

“The accused communicated with me and told me that he has a job for me and that his brother is the director of the Customs Department and that he can offer me a job in the department. He asked for my CV and a photocopy of my passport.

“When I told him that I will send him the papers via email, he insisted that I give him the papers personally and gave me his mobile number. I called him at around 1pm to arrange a meeting with him. He asked me to come to the parking lots of the Dragon Mart.