A MAN sentenced to 10 years for kidnapping and raping two housemaids after promising them better-paying jobs has lost his objection to the decision.
The 34-year-old Bangladeshi was found guilty of human trafficking, rape and kidnap by the High Criminal Court.
The court heard that he lured two Indonesian women, aged 35 and 39, in May this year, to his apartment in Riffa after persuading them to run away from their sponsors. The women were held captive for two months, raped and forced into the vice trade.
The elder victim managed to alert the authorities about her ordeal after tricking her captor into giving her mobile phone back to call her parents. She called the police instead.
The court heard earlier how one of the victims first met the defendant on social media.
He was sentenced in absentia earlier this month and lodged an objection against the ruling at the same court, which was rejected yesterday.
“The defendant forced the victims into the vice trade and raped them,” read the court ruling. “He was found guilty of the charges due to sufficient evidence. He lodged an objection against the ruling which was rejected.
“He lured the victims after he promised them better-paying jobs but held them captive instead.”
He was fined BD5,000 and, now in custody, will be deported after completing his sentence.
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