Maid hit attacker on head with iron, Dubai court told

DUBAI // A maid hit a salesman over the head with an iron after he sneaked into her room and tried to sexually assault her, a court heard.

In February this year, the 42-year-old Nepalese woman was at her employer’s villa in Al Baraha when the defendant, also from Nepal, called her phone.

“He called me and told me that he is coming to wash the cars, to which I said that it is late and no one was at home. He called me several times that night, but I ignored his calls,” said the victim.

At around midnight she heard the family’s dog barking and went to investigate.

“I looked around and saw my bedroom door open. Once inside I saw the defendant. He grabbed me by my hands and tried to lock my bedroom door.

“I picked up an iron and hit him on the head and ran away to the main house and hid,” said the woman

She called her employer’s son who searched for the defendant but could not find him. He then called the police.

At Dubai Criminal Court, the defendant confessed to a charge of sexual assault.

“She called me repeatedly that night around 11pm and told me to come over to the villa,” he said.

The next hearing is on April 20.

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Moral education needed in a 'rapidly changing world'

Moral education lessons for young people is needed in a rapidly changing world, the head of the programme said.

Alanood Al Kaabi, head of programmes at the Education Affairs Office of the Crown Price Court - Abu Dhabi, said: "The Crown Price Court is fully behind this initiative and have already seen the curriculum succeed in empowering young people and providing them with the necessary tools to succeed in building the future of the nation at all levels.

"Moral education touches on every aspect and subject that children engage in.

"It is not just limited to science or maths but it is involved in all subjects and it is helping children to adapt to integral moral practises.

"The moral education programme has been designed to develop children holistically in a world being rapidly transformed by technology and globalisation."