DUBAI// A cleaner has lost his appeal against a three-month jail sentence for molesting a seven-year-old boy.
Prosecutors said on March 18 this year, Filipino N K, 21, lured the Kenyan boy to his residence where he showed him a pornographic video. He was convicted of molestation and jailed on June 17 this year.
The victim’s mother, K M, said she was worried her son was not home at 8pm and went searching for him.
“He usually plays ain a yard near our residence, I went there but didn’t find him, then I received a call from the maid informing me that he returned home at 9.15pm,” said 27-year-old.
“When I reached home, my son was crying, he told me that two men showed him nude women in a video and that they touched him.”
Prosecutors charged NK with molesting the child, and charged his compatriot A V, 23, with aiding and abetting.
A V confessed and was sentenced to three months in jail and deportation by the Dubai Criminal Court, but did not appeal his sentence.
The Court of Appeal upheld the original sentence issued to N K, who will be deported after serving his jail term.
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