Asian man arrested after molesting a 13-year-old girl

An Asian man has been charged at the Dubai Court of First Instance with molesting a 13-year-old girl while she was in a lift with her younger brother.

According to official records, the defendant followed the victim and her five-year-old brother into the lift of their residential building and hugged the girl from behind.

“My father asked me to bring clothes from the laundry, so I went with my brother and saw the victim watching me,” said the girl. “He followed me to the lift and asked me what my name was and which school I went to. Then he hugged me from behind,” the girl added.

When the lift opened the girl and her brother ran crying to their mother.

The girl’s father reported the incident to Dubai Police who checked the surveillance cameras and were able to identify the defendant.

Dubai Police were able to apprehend the defendant in less than 24 hours.