DUBAI // A worker will be locked up for three months for filming a woman as she undressed in a clothes shop changing room at Festival City.
The Emirati woman, 34, walked into the shop where she decided to try on a pair of jeans.
“I noticed him standing near the cash desk but didn’t give it much attention,” the woman said. “Then I picked up the jeans and walked into the changing room.
“As I took off my clothes and was about to get into the new garment, I spotted a Samsung phone under the door. I was so scared that I remained in the room for about five minutes in shock.”
She said that she then got out but did not see anyone around so she called police.
“When police arrived I took them to the same shop and the man I saw next to the cash desk before I got into the changing room was there. He was looking at me in fear, after which police questioned him.”
Police said the Sri Lankan, 25, who did not work at the shop, admitted to his crime on the spot. He also admitted a charge of sexual assault at Dubai Criminal Court in April.
He will be deported after serving his prison term.
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