Two Land in Jail for Posing as Cops, Raping Filipina

DUBAI: Two unemployed men — who posed as cops, kidnapped a Filipina housemaid and raped her in a minibus in 2013 — have been sent to jail for life.

The accused, 36-year-old N.M. and 28-year-old I.K., posed as policemen and forced the 29-year-old Filipina and her Indian boyfriend to get into the vehicle outside Al Safa Park in November 2013, reported Gulf News.

The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted N.M. and I.K. of kidnap, rape and impersonation, apart from stealing Dh660, a camera and mobile phone, the report said.

The accused have pleaded not guilty and contended that they had paid sex with the Filipina, it added.

The Filipina reportedly testified in court that the incident happened around 3pm after she attended a party in Al Riqqa.

“My boyfriend called after the party and asked to see me. I met him as I thought that he wanted to return the Dh1,500 that he owed me. We went to Al Safa Park by taxi. We spotted the convicts watching us but we did not pay much attention to them. When we left the park at5.30pm, the duo stopped us outside the gate. They claimed to be policemen and asked us what were we doing at the park. We begged them not to take us to the police station when they threatened to do so. They lured us to a minibus… they drove for a while before they took our mobile phones and wallets. They had a heated argument with my boyfriend before they tossed him out of the minibus. N.M. said they would take me to the police station… I begged him not to. I was coerced to allow him to have sex with me in order not to be taken to the police station. I.K. did the same,” she reportedly said.

The 29-year-old returned to her sponsor’s house where, according to her testimony, her Indian boyfriend visited her to check what had happened, the report said.

Records said the woman reported the matter to the police.

She identified the defendants at the police line up after their arrest, Gulf News reported.

(Source: FilipinoTimes.ae)