DUBAI // A taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old school pupil while driving him home admitted to the charge at Dubai Criminal Court on Wednesday morning.
The Jordanian boy was visiting his friend on October 26 last year and when he left and hailed a taxi.
Pakistani ZM, 34, picked him up and the teenager took the front passenger seat of the car.
“He took a different and longer route and then started chatting with me, asking if I liked Pakistanis,” said the boy.
He said the driver then stretched his arm and started touching the boy’s thigh and arm. After getting out of the cab, the boy headed to a police station and reported him.
“We called him to come to the police station and, when he came, he confessed he touched the student and apologised,” testified Emirati policeman AB, 35.
The defendant also confessed in court and he awaits a verdict on March 11.
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