Dubai: A finance manager has been handed a three-month suspended jail term and ordered to be deported for molesting an accountant in his office and sending her pornographic images on WhatsApp.
The Jordanian manager was found guilty of repeatedly groping his Filipina colleague at their workplace and sending her several pornographic pictures in July and August last year.
The 22-year-old woman said that she had always tried to dodge the man's repeated attempts to touch her but was too scared to shout at him or make a scene.
The accountant testified that she started working in the company in May 2016 and the incident happened between July and August of the same year.
“The first time, he grabbed me by the hand, but I didn’t pay too much attention to it. He then grabbed my hand repeatedly and later touched my thighs. I tried to avoid him and dodged his repeated attempts to grope me.
But she said she yelled at him when he forwarded her indecent images on WhatsApp and reported the matter to the company director.
"Later, he started sending me pornographic pictures on WhatsApp … I told the director and reported the matter to the police. In my complaint, I informed them that he had groped me. Whenever he molested me, I was too scared to shout at him, or scold him at the workplace. I again reported him to the director once he forwarded me images and video of sexual nature,” the Filipina testified.
The manager’s mobile phone was examined and it was found that he had forwarded obscene images to the woman’s phone on WhatsApp.
The defendant was first convicted of the charges by the Dubai Court of First Instance in April.
However, he appealed his primary ruling before the Appeal Court where he pleaded not guilty.
The appeal was dismissed by presiding judge Eisa Al Sharif.