Policeman found guilty of rape



An Emirati policeman who claimed that it was physically impossible for him to have raped a woman because she was so overweight was found guilty yesterday and jailed for six months. The Dubai officer was found not guilty of kidnapping.

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Name: Yousef Al Bahar

Advocate at Al Bahar & Associate Advocates and Legal Consultants, established in 1994

Education: Mr Al Bahar was born in 1979 and graduated in 2008 from the Judicial Institute. He took after his father, who was one of the first Emirati lawyers


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