Man jailed for sharing video of girls

Legal and Court Correspondent

Aman was sentenced to one month in jail for breaching the privacy of three girls by sharing on WhatsApp a video of them dancing in bikinis and swimming.

The three Emirati girls went to spend a day out at the swimming pool of a luxury beach hotel in Jumeirah in April. A few days later, one of the girls received on her Snapchat account a recording in which she and her friends were videoed swaying to music and swimming in the pool.

When she enquired about the sender, she learned that the video had been shared on WhatsApp groups, Instagram and Snapchat showing them dancing in their bikinis.

The girl notified the police who arrested the Emirati man after preliminary investigation revealed that he had shared the video.