DUBAI // Two men will spend three years in jail after they spiked the drink of a colleague, raped him and then hosed him down with hot water and dumped him outside their home.
Pakistanis S K, 24, and 21-year-old M M both denied the rape at Dubai Criminal Court in January but the former did confess to consuming alcohol.
“We want the court to cross-examine the alleged victim,” he told the two told judges through a translator.
The Indian victim, D L, 20, told prosecutors that he went to visit the defendants in their flat in Al Muhaisnah 2 on the night of September 10 last year.
He said the pair offered him a can of Pepsi, which he drank and then lost consciousness.
“They took turns raping me then, when they finished, they took me to the bathroom and hosed me with hot water and threw me out,” said the victim, who was found by friends and taken to his room before police were called.
Prosecutors said that the defendants confessed during investigations.
However, a forensic report said that there were no signs of forceful sex on D L’s body but, despite this, the men were convicted and will be deported after serving their jail terms.
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