Soldier, who left schoolgirl in Kalba hotel after sex, gets year in jail

23-year-old Emirati soldier KS, who left a 13-year-old compatriot girl student in a hotel in Kalba after having sex with her, prompting her to ask her uncle to pick her up from the hotel, was sentenced to one year in jail by the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance.

According to the records, instead of taking her back to her home in Dubai, the uncle took the girl to a police station where the girl told police that she had sex with KS overnight before he left her alone in the hotel.

Forensic did not find sperms of the accused on the student’s body nor was there any trace of violence. However, records mentioned that the accused KS admitted to having sex with the girl.

MA told police that this was the first time she went with KS to a hotel and her second meeting with him. The girl told investigators that her cousin MI gave her the mobile phone number of KS.

“I called the number and talked to KS and our relationship grew over time. On October 4 while I was in Mirdif City Centre at around 11pm, I got a call from him and he told me that he is in the parking lot. I got out and sat with him in the car. He kissed me several times and groped my breast. We did not have sex at that time but we agreed to meet on the next day.

“At around 8pm, I went to a salon in Al Warqa. I called KS who came to the area and I went out with him. He drove to Kalba where he booked a room in a hotel where we slept after having sex like wife and husband.  In the morning, KS went to work and left me in the room. At around 3pm, I called my uncle and asked him to pick me up to drop me back home. He came and picked me but took me to a police station,” she told investigators.

Forensic, which did not found sperms of the accused in the victim’s body, reported the girl’s version and said it is difficult to determine whether she was sodomised or not.

The Dubai Prosecution accused KS of indecent assault under duress, referring to the girl’s statement that he kissed the victim and groped her breast against her will.