Dubai: An employee at a Dubai optician’s wrote to a female customer apologising for kissing and sexually abusing her during an eye test, a Dubai court heard last week.
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The 31-year-old Indian defendant sent the apology after allegedly kissing the 31-year-old Filipina on the cheek while she was undergoing an eye test for a driving licence in Al Muraqabbat in September this year.
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“I’m sorry for abusing and trying to kiss my customer,” read the letter.
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“The defendant was conducting the test and then started asking me personal questions,” said the victim. “He invited me to dinner and I kept refusing. He blocked my way when the test finished and held my left hand and tried to kiss me,” she added.
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“I kept pushing him away but he kissed me. I was shocked and left the shop,” she said.
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She told the driving institute employee what happened and he took her back to the optician’s to ask for an apology.
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“The defendant made a written apology and stamped it using the shop’s stamp. The next day I went to the police station and filed a case,” the victim added.
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Dubai Public Prosecution used the apology as evidence.
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The Indian defendant was charged with sexually abusing the woman.
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The trial has been adjourned to December 16. The defendant remains under custody.
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