Barber in dock for molesting 9-year-old

dubai — A 30-year-old man has been charged in Court of First Instance with molesting a 9-year-old girl several times in Dubai.

The Pakistani barber was accused of groping, hugging and kissing the girl against her will while she was away from her parents’ sight.

The girl, an Indian student, told the investigators that she and her 8-year-old brother went out at 7pm on May 11 to play outside their home in Freej Al Murar, Naif area.

“I was playing with a little cat when a man grabbed my hand telling me about more cats,” she said.

He dragged her to an alley where there were cats; he then groped and kissed her until his brother and other children arrived at the scene.

A few days later, the man hugged her from behind while she was walking with her brother and his friend.

“My son told me a man grabbed his sister’s hand. I did not give attention to what he said and I made them go to bed,” the girl’s mother, a 32-year-old Indian housewife, said.

However, the mother panicked when she learned from her daughter that the stranger also kissed her on the lips and groped her.

The girl’s father went out looking for the suspect in vain.

“The next day I learned the same man tried to grab my daughter’s hand again as she was stepping off the bus,” the mother added. After a few days, the mother noticed a man staring at her while he was at a barbershop near their building. When her son identified the accused, she informed her husband.

Later, the family went to the shop where her daughter also identified the culprit.

The police arrested him there shortly later.

A psychology expert did not rule out a sexual harassment given that the girl recounted minute details of what the accused did to her.

A ruling is expected on October 27.

My son told me a man grabbed his sister’s hand. I did not give attention to what he said and I made them go to bed.” Mother’s testimony