A Sri Lankan foreman has been sentenced to a three-month jail term followed by deportation for attempting to assault an Iranian hairdresser.
The verdict was issued by the Dubai Criminal Court on Wednesday.
The incident occurred when the woman was distributing promotional leaflets in the building where the man lives.
AI, 34, hairdresser, Iranian, had decided to distribute the leaflets promoting the salon where she works in the Discovery Gardens area. On May 11, her third day in the area, she reached building No36.
She took the lift to the fourth floor and starting distributing the brochures at the doors. A man opened the door and asked her something related to the brochure but since she does not understand English she continued her work.
As she was about to leave the floor, he caught her by her hand. While she tried to wriggle herself out of his grip, he got hold of her clothes, she alleged.
She managed to press the lift button by her free left hand, but he tried to block the lift’s door while holding on to her clothes.
When the lift arrived, she managed to pull herself in but he also got in and blocked the lift’s door from closing.
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