55-year-old mason molests 8-year-old boy

A 55-year-old Pakistani mason, SGJ, is accused of molesting an eight-year-old boy, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

The victim, MRA, testified that he was standing near a mosque near his house in Hatta after finishing Quran recitation class. A man, who was standing near garden, called him.

“I went to him and he took me to behind the garden where he hugged me and touched my private parts. Then he held my hand and put it on his naked private parts. I left him and sat on the stairs near the mosque waiting for my father to come and pick me up. When I was sitting there, he came to me again and exposed his private parts. I turned my head away as I did not want to see him. He then left me and went into the mosque. My father came and I told him what happened,” he testified.

The victim’s father, ARA, 36, Egyptian teacher, testified that on November 15, he came to pick his son from the mosque in Hatta after Maghreb prayer. “My son looked sad. When asked about the reason, he told about the man who had molested him. I searched the mosque and the surrounding are. I went into the mosque several times until I saw a man whose description matched with what my son had told me. I watched him until he entered a grocery. Then I called the police and got him arrested. My son recognised the man when he was shown to him several times,” ARA testified.

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