Man walks into police station, gets arrested for three-month-old crime

Policeman identifies man who had escaped after molesting woman

Aman who had fled the scene after molesting a woman three months ago was arrested when he walked into Al Muraqabbat Police Station for some work. In November last year, the 27-year-old Jordanian visitor allegedly touched a woman inappropriately in Al Muraqqabat area while she was waiting for her 22-year-old son outside a residential building past midnight to go to the airport.

The 49-year-old Lebanese woman called Dubai Police, but the man managed to escape. Dubai Police identified the man after checking surveillance cameras and he was put on the wanted list.

When he walked into the police station three months later, a policeman matched his picture with the one on the criminal records system and arrested him.

“It was 5am when he walked into the station. I discovered that he was wanted for a crime. He was immediately arrested. I told the victim to come to the police station. She identified him in the suspects’ line three times,” t h e policeman said.

The woman had testified that the accused touched her breasts. “He offered me Dh2,000 to take him home. I asked him to leave, but he kept touching me and kept insisting that I take him to my apartment, but I refused and told him that I would call the police.” The Dubai Court of First Instance charged him with sexually abusing the victim. The next hearing will be on August 19.