Dubai: A construction worker has been accused of groping a 7-year-old girl in a gift shop, the Dubai Court of First Instance heard on Tuesday.
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The 36-year-old Indian defendant was charged with sexually abusing the Moroccan girl.
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According to official records, the girl was with her mother and little brother in a gift shop at Al Barsha area. When her brother went to the play area in the shop, she followed him.
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“My mother was still in the perfume section when a man came and touched my back twice,” the girl said in records.
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She said she ran to her mother, pointed to the defendant, who was nearby, and told her what he had done.
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The mother told her husband who informed Dubai Police.
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The defendant, who admitted to the abuse during interrogation, was arrested.
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A verdict is expected on June 25.