15-yr jail for raping, assaulting woman

abu dhabi — A man, who raped a woman and caused damage to her ear when he pulled her by the earring, has been jailed for 15 years.

The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court of First Instance also ordered the Emirati man to pay the woman Dh10,000 for damaging her expensive earrings and another Dh21,000 as temporary compensation for the damages she suffered.

Court documents stated that the man befriended the Asian woman after meeting her in Abu Dhabi. And on the day of the incident, he took her in his car for an outing and they later went for shopping.

The woman then asked him to drive her back to her place. And while on the way to her home, the woman said a quarrel broke out between them. She said he beat her up and also pulled her ear by holding the earring which caused her a wound. He also forced her into having sex in his car. The man then took the woman to a pharmacy, where he bought her some medicines to treat her wounded ear. He also reportedly gave her Dh500 to replace her damaged earrings. After the man dropped the woman at her home, she went and filed a complaint with the police, accusing the man of raping her.

The police arrested the man after investigating the case.

Prosecutors charged him with rape and assaulting the woman. The man, however, denied the charges throughout his trial.

His lawyer argued that there was no substantial evidence to prove that the woman was raped or assaulted. The court convicted the man based on the evidence presented by prosecutors.