Teacher testifies her fiancé didn’t rape her

Belarussian tells court prosecutors questioned her without a translator

Legal and Court Correspondent

Ateacher told a court yesterday that prosecutors questioned her without a Russian translator in a case involving a salesman who is accused of kidnapping and raping her.

The 29-year-old Pakistani salesman, who is now married to the teacher, denied the charges of kidnapping the 32-year-old Belarussian teacher and raping her in February.

“He did not kidnap or rape me. He is my husband. We had an argument and he assaulted me. I do not know what is mentioned in my previously translated statement, but I didn’t say he kidnapped or raped me,” the woman testified.

Records said the Belarussian teacher was accompanied by the Pakistani to a nightclub where they consumed liquor and danced in February.

The suspect’s lawyer Saeed Al Gailani contended: “The woman should have been questioned in her mother tongue [Russian]. What happened that day was that my client felt jealous and assaulted her when he saw her dancing with another man at the nightclub. He did not kidnap her or rape her.”

A verdict is due on October 21.