DUBAI // Masked men broke into a flat and raped two of the maids living there, a court was told yesterday.
Prosecutors told the Criminal Court that A?M, 28, an Emirati, dragged one of the women to the bathroom and raped her while M?M, 32, also Emirati, emptied the handbags of the four women living in the flat.
He then produced a knife and forced another one of the maids into a bedroom, where he raped her, prosecutors said.
“We heard them screaming,” said a flatmate of the two maids. The maids woke at about 3am on September 2 last year to find the men inside their apartment in Al Jafiliya. After the attackers fled, the women called police.
Police lieutenant H?A said officers traced the men to a house in Al Qusais, where one was arrested after telling an officer that the sex was with the women’s consent.
Another police officer said the second man claimed not to have entered the flat, but waited outside.
Traces of the first man’s DNA were found on one of the women.
Both men were charged with rape, armed robbery, assault and trespassing. A third man the maids said took part in the robbery has not been apprehended.
The judge adjourned the case to January 27 to assign the men a lawyer.
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Name: HyperSpace
Started: 2020
Founders: Alexander Heller, Rama Allen and Desi Gonzalez
Based: Dubai, UAE
Sector: Entertainment
Number of staff: 210
Investment raised: $75 million from investors including Galaxy Interactive, Riyadh Season, Sega Ventures and Apis Venture Partners
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Company name: baraka
Started: July 2020
Founders: Feras Jalbout and Kunal Taneja
Based: Dubai and Bahrain
Sector: FinTech
Initial investment: $150,000
Current staff: 12
Stage: Pre-seed capital raising of $1 million
Investors: Class 5 Global, FJ Labs, IMO Ventures, The Community Fund, VentureSouq, Fox Ventures, Dr Abdulla Elyas (private investment)
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Profession: Driver
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Favourite drink: chai karak
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