UAE man gets jail for gang-rape attempt of boy

Dubai - They also clicked inappropriate photos of him

A 25-year-old jobless, accused of kidnapping and trying to gang-rape a 19-year-old student, with his friends at night in the desert after inviting him to a ride, has been sentenced to three years in jail.
The 25-year-old Emirati man lured his countryman after a short friendly talk to ride in his car. However, he drove to the desert in Al Warqa, where together with his friends (at large), they slapped and punched him all of a sudden.
They tried to gang-rape him, but the student put up a stiff resistance. They also clicked inappropriate photos of him.
The accused did not stop at that point and stole the student's car, his wallet with his personal cards and mobile phone.
The defendant was convicted by the Court of First Instance of charges of kidnap, attempted sexual assault, physical assault, taking inappropriate photos of the victim and theft.
"I was about to go inside an amusement centre around midnight in Abu Hail when I met the defendant and his four friends," the student said.
"I rode with them for a ride but he then drove to the desert in Al Warqa. They stepped off and for no reason started hitting me with their hands. They asked me to let them have sex with me and then tried to do it by force. But I managed to resist them."
They tried to choke the victim and he felt he was going to pass out. "They walked me to the road where an Emirati, who lives in my neighbourhood, told me he would take me home. I rode in his car. He tried to talk me into not filing a complaint against those men."    
The exhausted student slept right away at home and only remembered about his car when he woke up. He had left his keys, phone and wallet in the defendant's car.
"I was home around 9am on April 29, 2016, when I heard a knock on the door. It was my son with another man. He looked terrible. There were injuries on his face and body," the student's father, a 48-year-old Lieutenant said.
"That man who was with my son claimed people spotted my son walking in Ajman and he was not looking fine. He said those people dropped my son to Al Mizhar. That man would not give me the contact details of those people and told me my son's car was parked in Ajman."
The attack left the student with scratches, contusions and a broken nose bone.
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