Nanny stands trial for molesting autistic boy

dubai — A nanny stood trial at a Dubai court for allegedly taking her shirt off in front of an eightyear-old autistic boy and making him fondle her. The 22-year-old Filipina is accused of taking advantage of the boy’s condition to molest him several times while his mother was out of the country.

She was charged with molestation at the Court of First Instance. The incident was reported in April to Al Qusais police station.

The boy’s mother, a 43-year-old French housewife, said she had hired the defendant as a nanny about four months prior to the complaint to take care of her son, who is autistic and has speech difficulties.

“I had to take her back to the recruitment office to cancel her residence visa in April because of her bad behaviour. However, my boy started behaving aggressively and using abusive words. He would also touch my mother inappropriately after the nanny left. I could not understand the reason behind the sudden change in his behaviour.”

I had to take her back to the recruitment office to cancel her visa in April because of her bad behaviour.” Mother of the victim

The mother added that her Ethiopian maid recounted to her how she spotted the nanny on several occasions taking her shirt off in front of the child and making him touch her. “She said she did not tell me right away because the nanny threatened that she would expose her relationship with a man.”

The mother told the prosecutor she had to get her son examined by special therapists after he became aggressive and very sad over the nanny’s departure from their villa.

The Ethiopian maid said she saw the nanny misbehave with the child on two occasions. “When I told her it was wrong to take advantage of the child’s condition, she entered the room with him and locked the door. I have no idea what she was doing there. I did not report her before because she threatened to beat me.”