Arab gets 'suspended' jail term for kidnapping Pinay in UAE

An Emirati man received a suspended six-month jail term for kidnapping a Filipina and threatening to have her gang-raped and killed in the United Arab Emirates in 2009. Dubai Judge Al Saeed Mohammad Barghout convicted the 26-year-old man of forcing the 31-year-old Filipina into his vehicle and threatening her, Gulf News reported. The criminal defendant pleaded not guilty, the report said. The six-month imprisonment will be suspended for three years during which time the crime must not be repeated. Prosecutors had also charged the accused's uncle who is at large. The report withheld the identity of both the victim and the accused. A separate report on Khaleej Times said the incident occurred April 15, 2009. It described the accused as a jobless man. According to the charge sheet, the accused was charged for having used force to kidnap the Filipina and threaten her. "I will take you to Mirdif where all my friends will have sex with you and then I will kill you," the court records quoted him as saying. The Filipina testified the accused and his uncle kidnapped her from in front of her house in Satwa while she was waiting for her friend at around 4 a.m. She said her friend had asked her over the phone to wait for her because she needed someone to walk her to the grocery. While she was waiting, the accused and his uncle drove up to her and asked why she was standing there. She said she refused their offer to give her a ride, telling them that she was waiting for her friend. "I walked away but they followed me in their car before the suspect got out and pulled me by my hair and beat me hard. He slapped me repeatedly. I tried to escape from his grip and run to the bus station, but he continued beating me. Then he pulled me down to the ground and put his foot over my head… then he bit my right ear," the Filipina told the prosecutors. The judgment remains subject to appeal within 15 days. – MRT/KBK, GMA News