Dubai, Apr 25: A soldier lured a 22-year-old woman to ride with him and then drove to the desert, where he allegedly raped her, a Dubai court heard on Sunday. The Emirati defendant's compatriot friend, 20, who was hiding in the backseat when the woman - an Ethiopian - rode in the car, allegedly tried to rape her too.
The 22-year-old soldier faced a rape charge in the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday. The incident was reported on November 29 last year.
The woman said that the first defendant, I.M., called her at 10pm as she was visiting a friend in Freej Al Murar. "He invited me to dinner and picked me up. He drove for a long time before he stopped his car in the desert." She was "surprised" to see another man, M.A., sitting in the backseat. "M.A. stepped off and I.M. moved to my seat. He hit my hip when I screamed."
"He threatened he would slit my throat and throw me in the desert if I screamed."
I.M. allegedly took off her clothes and raped her while covering her mouth with his hand.
M.A. then rode in the driver's seat and told her he wanted to have sex with her. He stepped off shortly later after she cried and begged him not to touch her.
I.M. then made her sit in the backseat and took her mobile phone. "He dropped me back and threw my phone on me as I stepped off," she told the prosecutor.
Police patrol officers intercepted the defendants'car shortly later.
"We were nearby when we spotted a woman stepping off a car at 4.45am. She was crying and told us that the car's driver did something bad to her," said a police officer.
I.M. told the officers that the woman refused to step off the car and she wanted to cause him trouble. The two men and the woman were then taken to the police station.
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