DUBAI // Three men have been convicted of attempted rape and jailed for three years each.
Dubai Criminal Court heard in June that Bangladeshis, AK, 25, AM, 28, and MM, 29 attacked a woman and her male friend as the couple were eating dinner on December 22, 2013.
The male friend, BB, 29, from Nepal, said: “Two of the men threatened to rape my friend if I didn’t give them my money and phone so I gave them what they wanted then ran to my friend and found the third man had pushed her into my car, took off his trousers and was trying to rape her but when he saw me he ran away.”
BB said one of the attackers dropped his phone while running away but was caught by security guards who called police.
All three defendants denied charges of attempted rape, threatening to kill and theft. They will be deported after serving their jail terms.
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