2 Pinoys face UAE court for allegedly molesting schoolboy
Two Filipino cleaners faced a United Arab Emirates court Sunday over charges they allegedly molested a seven-year-old schoolboy last March, a UAE news site reported Monday.
One of the two pleaded guilty to charges of aiding his fellow Filipino before the Dubai Court of First Instance, Gulf News reported.
Prosecutors charged the two, aged 25 and 21, of luring the Kenyan boy to their house and showing him pornographic images on a mobile phone.
The boy was allegedly playing in front of his house when the two brought him to their house and showed him indecent images on a mobile phone. One of them then molested him, prosecutors claimed.
One was charged for molesting the boy while the other was accused of aiding and abetting him. The 25-year-old was charged with possessing pornographic material with the intent to show it to others.
“I did not molest the boy ... I am not guilty,” said the 21-year-old. But his 25-year-old companion admitted he "showed the pornographic images to the boy.”
Presiding judge Urfan Omar is expected to issue a ruling on June 17.
The report said the boy told prosecutors one of the cleaners showed him indecent images while the other groped him.
For her part, the boy’s mother told prosecutors she went out of the house to look for her child at 8 p.m., as he had not returned home.
She said their maid called her at 9:15 p.m. and said the boy had returned home.
"When I asked him why he was late, he remained silent. Then he cried … when I insisted on him speaking, he claimed to me to that the cleaners molested him. He alleged to me that the suspects took him to a room where they showed him images of naked women and one of them touched him indecently,” she said.
Police arrested the two shortly after the mother reported the incident. —Joel Locsin/KBK, GMA News
One of the two pleaded guilty to charges of aiding his fellow Filipino before the Dubai Court of First Instance, Gulf News reported.
Prosecutors charged the two, aged 25 and 21, of luring the Kenyan boy to their house and showing him pornographic images on a mobile phone.
The boy was allegedly playing in front of his house when the two brought him to their house and showed him indecent images on a mobile phone. One of them then molested him, prosecutors claimed.
One was charged for molesting the boy while the other was accused of aiding and abetting him. The 25-year-old was charged with possessing pornographic material with the intent to show it to others.
“I did not molest the boy ... I am not guilty,” said the 21-year-old. But his 25-year-old companion admitted he "showed the pornographic images to the boy.”
Presiding judge Urfan Omar is expected to issue a ruling on June 17.
The report said the boy told prosecutors one of the cleaners showed him indecent images while the other groped him.
For her part, the boy’s mother told prosecutors she went out of the house to look for her child at 8 p.m., as he had not returned home.
She said their maid called her at 9:15 p.m. and said the boy had returned home.
"When I asked him why he was late, he remained silent. Then he cried … when I insisted on him speaking, he claimed to me to that the cleaners molested him. He alleged to me that the suspects took him to a room where they showed him images of naked women and one of them touched him indecently,” she said.
Police arrested the two shortly after the mother reported the incident. —Joel Locsin/KBK, GMA News
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