Student accused of raping tenant.Summary: A 24-year-old Emirati student denied raping a woman in her flat at a late hour when he appeared before a Court of First Instance bench on Wednesday.A 24-year-old Emirati student denied raping a woman in her flat at a late hour when he appeared before a Court of First Instance bench on Wednesday. The defendant told Presiding Judge presiding judge n. 1) in both state and federal appeals court, the judge who chairs the panel of three or more judges during hearings and supervises the business of the court. Maher Salama Al Mahdi that he had rented out a flat to the complainant A plaintiff; a person who commences a civil lawsuit against another, known as the defendant, in order to remedy an alleged wrong. An individual who files a written accusation with the police charging a suspect with the commission of a crime and providing facts to support the allegation and some other women. That night, he went to the flat to collect the rent of Dh3,000 from the complainant. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the prosecution records, the defendant raped the 38-year-old Filipina clerk in January on the kitchen floor after he entered her flat on the pretext of wanting to talk to her about his breakup with her former roommate. The complainant told the prosecutor that the defendant was her ex-roommate's boyfriend. That night, he reached her flat around 11pm after he called her on the phone saying he wanted to talk to her about his breakup with her friend and that he was feeling bad. He had been to the flat with her friend earlier. They talked in the kitchen for about ten minutes after which she asked him to leave as it was getting late and she had work the following day. However, he told her not to make him leave and asked her to hold him tight. Suddenly, he grabbed her hand and pulled her closer to him but she pushed him away. He then pushed her down on the floor and raped her after threatening to beat her up if she screamed even as she was crying hysterically. After the defendant left, the complainant woke her flat mates up and told them about what happened. She later told her compatriot com·pa·tri·ot n. 1. A person from one's own country. 2. A colleague. [French compatriote, from Late Latin compatri ex-roommate, who had an affair with the defendant, to accompany her to the police station if she cared to help her. The 48-year-old ex-roommate, a saleswoman, said the complainant woke her up after midnight and was crying. She told her that the defendant raped her after she let him in to the flat because he wanted to talk to her. A police lieutenant quoted the defendant as admitting that he raped the woman after the incident was reported to the Rafaa police station. The defendant was arrested shortly later from the same building. According to the report of the General Directorate of Criminal Evidence, the DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. of the semen stains found in the complainant and on her underwear matched with the defendant's. mary@khaleejtimes.com Copyright 2012 Khaleej Times. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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