(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) A farm worker had his five-year prison term upheld by the Court of Appeal on Sunday for sexually assaulting a fellow worker in the latter's room in Al Khawaneej.
The court also confirmed the deportation order against the 22-year-old Pakistani defendant. The accused was convicted in July by the Court of First Instance of sexual assault for sexually assaulting the victim twice. He was sentenced to five-year imprisonment followed by deportation. He earlier pleaded not guilty.
The case dates back to November 18 last year when the 20-year-old victim received a surprising visit by the defendant at his room. The victim told the prosecutor that he prepared dinner and they had it together. They then played a game and about 2.30am they were about to sleep on the floor.
The defendant asked him to get closer and the victim told him that 'he was not his wife to sleep in his arms'. However, when the defendant stood up to grab him, the victim ran away outside the room. The accused followed him and persuaded him to come back with a promise of not doing him any harm.
The victim had to run away another time but the defendant, who was faster and stronger than him, could catch him. He dragged and made him return to the room which he locked, and kept the key with him.
The victim resisted and the defendant bit him and had forced sex with him. The victim felt helpless because he wanted to leave but could not since the door was locked. Shortly later, the defendant sexually assaulted him again.
He said that he stayed up all night and waited until the defendant left the room in the morning.
He called his brother, and around noon that day they lodged a complaint at the Rashidiyah police station.
The complainant's 28-year-old brother, who also works in farming, said during the investigation that his brother was crying that day. He told him that the defendant slept the night at his place and showed him the bites he had on his arm.
He knew that there was a problem and that the defendant had sexually assaulted his younger brother. The latter, according to him, felt ashamed and could not tell him the details of what happened. The police seized the clothes the victim was wearing that night.
A police lieutenant said that they went to the victim's room after he reported the incident to the police station. They also seized the blanket which they sent for tests at the General Directorate of Criminal Evidence.
The police arrested the accused with the help of the complainant, who was instructed on luring the defendant, to meet him outside the latter's place. The DNA of semen traces found in the complainant matched with the defendant's.
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