DUBAI // A mechanic accused of kidnap and rape has had his acquittal upheld by the Appeals Court, which ruled the sex was consensual.
However, the court also upheld the man’s one-year jail term for sex-outside-wedlock.
SE, 60, an Emirati, was accused of posing as a policeman to kidnap and rape a maid. But when he appeared at the Criminal Court last February he said the case was malicious and that the woman had been going out with him for more than a month.
DNA traces proved the pair had engaged in sexual intercourse. The woman was not referred to court.
salamir@thenational.ae
At a glance - Zayed Sustainability Prize 2020
Launched: 2008
Categories: Health, energy, water, food, global high schools
Prize: Dh2.2 million (Dh360,000 for global high schools category)
Winners’ announcement: Monday, January 13
Impact in numbers
335 million people positively impacted by projects
430,000 jobs created
10 million people given access to clean and affordable drinking water
50 million homes powered by renewable energy
6.5 billion litres of water saved
26 million school children given solar lighting
The President's Cake
Director: Hasan Hadi
Starring: Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem
Rating: 4/5
