Lankan peeping tom fined in Dubai

A Sri Lankan cleaner will have to pay a Dh2,000 fine after a court convicted him of entering the women’s washroom at The Dubai Mall and peeping at a Filipina while she used the cubicle.

The Dubai Court of First Instance fined the 34-year-old cleaner, R.C., after he was incriminated of peeping at the 29-year-old Filipina while she was using the cubicle. Prosecutors accused the defendant of molesting the Filipina by walking into the washroom and peeping at her while she was in the cubicle.

According to the arraignment sheet, prosecutors also charged R.C. of unlawfully walking into a women’s washroom.

The Filipina, identified as M.Y., testified that R.C. was in the women’s bathroom at the mall and was looking at her from over the door when he was spotted by an Arab woman. During prosecution, M.Y. claimed that the Arab woman knocked on the door and told her that she had seen the man in the mirror when she was washing her hands. The defendant reportedly hid in one of the bathroom cubicles.

“I knocked on the cubicle door yelling for the man to come out… when he finally did, I asked to see his mobile phone to ensure that he hadn’t take any photos of me when I used the bathroom. Then we reported the matter to the police,” M.Y. told prosecutors.

An Emirati police lieutenant testified that the Arab woman said she saw the defendant and informed the Filipina.

The primary judgment remains subject to appeal within 15 days, Gulf  News reports.