DUBAI// A driver has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for impersonating a police officer, kidnapping and then raping a saleswoman.
Z H, 41, from Pakistan, denied a charge of kidnap, rape, sexual assault and posing as a CID officer when he appeared before the Dubai Criminal Court.
He said the victim, 28-year-old Ugandann Z N, got into his car willingly and offered him sex in return for cash.
“It was all with her consent and when we finished she was no longer happy about the amount of money we agreed on so she got out of the car and went to police saying I kidnapped and raped her,” said Z H.
The woman told prosecutors she was waiting for a taxi after midnight on August 8 last year when the defendant approached her.
“I was standing in front of a mosque in Al Hamriya when a minivan stopped next to me. The driver asked why I was standing there. I said I was waiting for a taxi. He offered me a lift and I took the seat next to him,” said Z N.
She said they started chatting about her work and nationality after which Z H parked the van in a remote area and started making phone calls.
“He was talking in Arabic so I didn’t understand but then he showed me an ID saying he was a policeman,” said Z N.
When Z H touched the woman she screamed at him. Prosecutors said Z N offered him Dh200 to let her go but he refused.
He then pulled Z N into the back of the minivan and raped her.
“I was crying and begging the entire time,” she said,
Z H then drove Z N to where he had picked up the woman and dropped her off at around 2.30am.
“He gave me his phone number so we can keep in touch,” she said.
The woman went to a police station nine hours later and reported Z H for rape. He was arrested on August 19.
Z H will be deported after completing his sentence.
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