Man ‘kidnapped and raped father’s farm worker’

DUBAI // An unemployed Emirati denied kidnapping a farm worker and raping him, but his two Pakistani accomplices told Dubai Criminal Court that he was guilty.

Prosecutors said the victim worked for the defendant’s father and that the two accomplices were his co-workers.

“About 10 days before the incident, the sponsor’s son demand- ed 10 sheep, which I refused before telling his mother,” said the Pakistani victim, 30.

On the day of the incident, he said his two colleagues forced their way into his room about 2am as he slept, assaulted him and tied him up, while the Emirati watched and held a sword to his neck, threatening to kill him.

“They dragged me to a car and shoved me into its boot, then drove away,” said the man.

On the way, he said he was taken out of the boot and seated on the back seat, then stripped.

“I remained naked until they reached a desert area, where they threw me to the ground and my two colleagues restrained me while the sponsor’s son raped me,” said the victim.

“He said if I told anyone what happened, he would kill one of my family members and eat him.”

The victim told his sponsor what had happened. He was escorted by the Emirati defendant’s brother to the police station to report the incident and the man was arrested a few days later.

“He had run away after learning that the victim reported him,” said an Emirati officer, 28.

The Pakistani defendants denied charges of trespassing into the victim’s room and assaulting their co- worker, but the three were charged with kidnap.

The Emirati denied sexual assault, but a medical report confirmed the rape.