DUBAI – A businessman from Afghanistan has been handed a one-year sentence in UAE jail for raping his relative’s wife when the couple visited his residence to end their fast during Ramazan this year.
The 37-year-old Afghan national ended his fast with the couple on the day, after which his relative left for work around 8 pm. It was then that he raped the Pakistani woman, according to a report in Khaleej Times.
The couple had on multiple occasions visited the businessman’s house for Iftar. During one such visit in May, the convict tried to convince the victim to have sex with him. When she refused, he raped her.
After assaulting the woman, he warned her that if she told her husband about the incident, he would claim she seduced him. The woman first told her husband’s relative, who informed him, after which a police complaint was filed.
The Afghani man pleaded not guilty when he stood trial before the Dubai Court of First Instance in October.
He will be deported after serving his sentence. The ruling remains subject to appeal within 15 days.
