Designer charged before UAE court for filming Pinay flatmates

A designer was charged before a United Arab Emirates court for allegedly filming his Filipina flatmates while they were undressing, UAE news sites reported late Wednesday.

Prosecutors accused the suspect, 37, of installing a small camera in a dress he hung in the washroom's door late last year, Gulf News reported.

But he failed to show up before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Wednesday and thus did not enter a plea.

Presiding judge Fahd Al Shamsi is expected to hand out a ruling on July 8.

The designer was also accused of trying to molest and breach the privacy of his two Filipina flatmates, as he shared the house with a number of women.

Prosecutors' records

The Gulf News report said the defendant admitted to prosecutors he fixed the camera in September before his flatmates discovered it in November.

“I also fixed another camera in a woman’s bedroom without her knowledge to film her undressing whenever she was inside. I filmed several video footage of women getting undressed for my personal pleasure,” he said.

Prosecutors' records also showed the suspect fixed the camera in a "professional" way in the dress to keep it hidden from the supposed targets.

However, a Filipina coordinator, 34, told prosecutors her flatmate discovered something strange in the washroom.

“When I returned home from work, my flatmate told me that she saw something strange behind the washroom door. We went to the bathroom to check … we discovered that it was a camera hidden inside a dress. I removed the camera and opened it but there was no memory or flash card inside," she said.

She said she took the camera and went to the police, who told her there was no recording on it.

The Filipina then confronted the designer about the camera. She said he "immediately admitted" he fixed the camera in the dress "so he could film us in the washroom.”

A separate report on Khaleej Times said the designer, when caught, claimed the camera was broken and could not take pictures.

He was arrested after officers at Jebel Ali police station summoned him for questioning, and admitted to police he stored the video clips in a memory card the police seized. — Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News

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