DUBAI // A man who molested a 13-year-old boy at Dubai Festival City Mall has been sentenced to six months in prison.
R P, 24, from India, grabbed the child as he left the toilets on July 9 and pulled him through an emergency exit before molesting him.
Footage from security cameras showed the man dragging the child through the exit.
At the Criminal Court, the man denied a charge of committing a forceful sex act.
But he was found guilty and will be deported after completing his jail term.
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