Lankan man denies hiding in women’s toilet

An alleged Lankan peeping Tom denied in Dubai court that he was peeking at a woman while she was in the bathroom at a Dubai mall. A Filipino woman claimed that the Sri Lankan man was in the women’s bathroom at the mall and was looking at her from over the door when he was spotted by another woman.

She told prosecutors that the woman knocked the door and told her that she saw the man in the mirror when she was washing her hands, and that he was hiding in one of the bathroom cubicles.

She started knocking on the bathroom cubicle, yelling for the man to come out, and when he finally did, she asked to see his mobile phone to make sure that he had not taken her picture, and then reported the incident.

Not guilty

A policeman testified that the Arab woman witness told him she saw the man and informed the woman and when he came out she started yelling at him for entering the women’s toilet, and when the victim came out of the bathroom, she also started screaming and asked all the other women to come out and catch the man.

The defendant, who confessed his guilt to the Public Prosecution, told presiding judge Abdul Majeed Al Nizami that he was not guilty, although he was caught by security inside the women’s bathroom.

The hearing has been adjourned until July 27, Gulf News reports.