Trader robbed of capital in Dubai brothel

Hamza M Sengendo, Staff Reporter

A trader robbed of his capital inside a brothel ran after a prostitute down a Dubai street with his innerwear in his hand, a jury heard on Tuesday.

An African woman – a visitor, 26 – landed at the Dubai Criminal Court for having teamed up with several fugitive countrywomen to rob a Tajik man, 29, inside a massage spa/brothel in Naif area at around 10pm on Mar.3.

The fugitives clutched him to a bed and the defendant seized a body part to overpower him. They searched his clothes, snatched $8,800 and Dhs5,400. The defendant confessed to robbery and prostitution. The ruling will be on Jun.30.

On the record, the trader went to Naif area to purchase electronic devices to take them to his homeland. A wholesaler asked him to wait for two hours for them to be readied. He started strolling to pass time. The defendant met him.

She offered to massage him. She took him inside a room upstairs in a building. It was demarcated into sections using curtains. He paid Dhs10 for a massage. She told him to disrobe. During the service she suddenly did wrong things to him.

He pushed her away.  He was trying to dress up when two women showed up from behind the curtains, pushed him down and clutched his arms.

 The defendant grabbed him offensively to subdue him. They emptied his pockets.

He ran after them while calling upon pedestrians to intercept the defendant.

The defendant ran calling upon a countryman get the money from her and run. Pedestrians and a police patrol joined the chase. They seized her and her countryman.

A Yemeni warrant officer said, “I saw a man with an innerwear in his hand running after a woman.”

A Yemeni corporal said, “The woman said that after the massage they had a consensual affair during which her countrywomen robbed him.”