Dancer caged for intimidating married man in Dubai

Hamza M Sengendo, Staff Reporter

A jilted nightclub dancer who threatened to shame a married man for terminating his relationship with her has lost the case at the Dubai Appeals Court.

The Arab woman, 35, misused WhatsApp installed in two of her smartphones to wage an attack on the Arab man, 35. She vowed to shame him by posting their intimate clips to his mother, wife and children, he said.

She demanded him to start paying her Dhs57,500 on a monthly basis and threatened that in case he failed to comply she would shame him. He contacted the Dubai Police electronic investigations department for help.

The Dubai Criminal Court sentenced her to three months in prison plus deportation and ordered that her mobile phones be confiscated. She appealed seeking to challenge the ruling but the Appeals Court upheld it.

On the record, they met two years before the incident. They would go out together to restaurants. On several occasions he gave her financial assistance since she told him she was a divorced mother of two.

He trusted her and told her about his workplace, mother, wife, daughter, sister and brothers. He offered to engage her provided she abandoned nightclub dancing and alcohol abuse. She welcomed the proposal.

However, she did not keep the promise. He later told her to choose between him and the activities he told her to abandon. She promised to comply with his request. Nonetheless, she did not do as requested.

He in May 2018 decided to chuck her. When she travelled to her homeland he changed his phone number. He received relentless calls from friends telling him she was asking them for him. He reinserted the old SIM card.

She contacted rebuking him for switching off his number. She asked him for assistance. He wired Dhs5,500 to her then switched off the phone again. Days later, she contacted him on his new number and threatened him.She demanded him to restore their relationship or start paying her Dhs57,500 otherwise she would let his mother, wife, siblings and friends know about their secret affair. She vowed to leak their intimate photos. 

To show him she could do so, she sent him two videos she recorded in Spain when they were kissing. He was convinced she was determined. He feared for the health of his ailing mother if she learnt about it.

He was by then on a mission abroad. He returned to Dubai and sought police help. Forensic reports discussed five voice notes containing threats and insults. She acknowledged them during prosecution questioning.