DUBAI // A pair of labourers admitted sexually assaulting their colleague by videoing him naked, but claimed it was done with his consent.
Appearing at the criminal court on Tuesday, Pakistanis E K, 29, and Z M, 27, denied threatening and locking up the man.
Prosecutors said that on October 3 last year, the two lured the victim into E K’s room at the Dubai Municipality labour camp in Al Muhaisnah area by promising him a lift to a health clinic.
Once in the room, they locked him inside, punched him several times, forcefully stripped him off his clothes then covered his head with a blanket.
“They recorded a clip of me while naked,” said the 27-year-old victim in his prosecution testimony.
The two then threatened to distribute the recording to all his acquaintances in Dubai and Pakistan if he reported them to police.
“They did that because of old disputes I had with them,” said the victim , who was only released after he promised he wouldn’t call the police.
Once he left their room, he did contact the police, who arrived to the camp and arrested the two.
Policeman M A, 28, testified that the defendants confessed to him after their arrest that they had stripped their colleague naked and made a recording of him. But they said it was an act of revenge because he wanted to do the same to them a few days before.
“They added that they made the recording as a prank,” said MA.
The next hearing will be on February 18.
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Is it worth it? We put cheesecake frap to the test.
The verdict from the nutritionists is damning. But does a cheesecake frappuccino taste good enough to merit the indulgence?
My advice is to only go there if you have unusually sweet tooth. I like my puddings, but this was a bit much even for me. The first hit is a winner, but it's downhill, slowly, from there. Each sip is a little less satisfying than the last, and maybe it was just all that sugar, but it isn't long before the rush is replaced by a creeping remorse. And half of the thing is still left.
The caramel version is far superior to the blueberry, too. If someone put a full caramel cheesecake through a liquidiser and scooped out the contents, it would probably taste something like this. Blueberry, on the other hand, has more of an artificial taste. It's like someone has tried to invent this drink in a lab, and while early results were promising, they're still in the testing phase. It isn't terrible, but something isn't quite right either.
So if you want an experience, go for a small, and opt for the caramel. But if you want a cheesecake, it's probably more satisfying, and not quite as unhealthy, to just order the real thing.
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From Dubai-based clinical psychologist Daniella Salazar:
1. Solitary Play: This is where Infants and toddlers start to play on their own without seeming to notice the people around them. This is the beginning of play.
2. Onlooker play: This occurs where the toddler enjoys watching other people play. There doesn’t necessarily need to be any effort to begin play. They are learning how to imitate behaviours from others. This type of play may also appear in children who are more shy and introverted.
3. Parallel Play: This generally starts when children begin playing side-by-side without any interaction. Even though they aren’t physically interacting they are paying attention to each other. This is the beginning of the desire to be with other children.
4. Associative Play: At around age four or five, children become more interested in each other than in toys and begin to interact more. In this stage children start asking questions and talking about the different activities they are engaging in. They realise they have similar goals in play such as building a tower or playing with cars.
5. Social Play: In this stage children are starting to socialise more. They begin to share ideas and follow certain rules in a game. They slowly learn the definition of teamwork. They get to engage in basic social skills and interests begin to lead social interactions.
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