Dubai: A 23-year-old man was sentenced to one year in jail followed by deportation for raping a 35-year-old Filipina, a Dubai Court of First Instance heard.
The woman was sleeping in her bed in a shared villa at Al Bada'a area when she felt somebody forcing himself on top of her and raping her. When she opened her eyes he had fled the room.
She followed him out to the villa's yard, where she saw three men and told them what had happened.
She later went with her husband to the Bur Dubai police station to report the incident, which occurred last September.
Dubai Police Prosecution stated that the Egyptian defendant lived in the same villa and waited for the victim to sleep to rape her.
The defendant was charged with rape and this ruling is subject to appeal within 15 days.