Cleaner on trial over molesting schoolgirl

DUBAI - A cleaner went on trial on Thursday in the Court of First Instance on the charge of molesting an eight-year-old schoolgirl.

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By Mary Nammour

Published: Sun 28 Nov 2010, 12:34 AM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 4:12 PM

The 45-year-old Bangladeshi cleaner allegedly molested the Indian girl at her house as he was teaching her Holy Quran. The girl’s mother, a booking employee, aged 31, told the prosecutor that her daughter lived with the former’s mother because of her work conditions.

She said the defendant comes daily to her mother’s house in Al Qusais to teach her daughter and other kids in the neighbourhood Holy Quran.

However, the complainant’s 18-year-old sister who lives in the same house told her on September 14 that she saw the defendant touching her daughter’s thigh as the girl kept pushing his hand away. The mother asked the girl about the incident and she confirmed it.

mary@khaleejtimes.com

Mary Nammour

Published: Sun 28 Nov 2010, 12:34 AM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 4:12 PM

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