1. "DUBAI // A bus driver who tried to rape a passenger at knifepoint chose the wrong victim, a court heard yesterday.
2. The female sailor knocked a knife from her attacker's grasp, broke it in two, bit his hand, wrestled him to the ground and put him in a stranglehold between her thighs.
3. Prosecutors told the Criminal Court the sailor, 28, was on 24-hour shore leave...
4. After visits to Mall of the Emirates and a supermarket, she decided to head back to Khalid Port and was trying to hail a taxi when the bus stopped...
5. ...sat in the back seat but became suspicious of the route the driver was taking.
6. I noticed he did not take the main road and when I asked him he told me not to worry, she said.
7. the driver pulled up in an area where a number of other buses had parked, sat next to her and tried to kiss her
8. ....she pushed him away he pulled a knife and told her he was going to rape her, and that she must do as he said.
9. The driver, K S, 21, from Pakistan, was charged with attempted rape, threatening to kill, assault and consuming alcohol illegally.
10. He confessed only to the alcohol charge...."
Woman sailor thwarts Dubai rape attempt with leg stranglehold - The National
So....could it be that in consideration of his religion, the alcohol charge was significant, but rape of an infidel, not so much???
And, an interesting mention in the article:
"The court ordered he be examined to determine his age...."
Is it like with trees, cut off the limb and count the rings???
2. The female sailor knocked a knife from her attacker's grasp, broke it in two, bit his hand, wrestled him to the ground and put him in a stranglehold between her thighs.
3. Prosecutors told the Criminal Court the sailor, 28, was on 24-hour shore leave...
4. After visits to Mall of the Emirates and a supermarket, she decided to head back to Khalid Port and was trying to hail a taxi when the bus stopped...
5. ...sat in the back seat but became suspicious of the route the driver was taking.
6. I noticed he did not take the main road and when I asked him he told me not to worry, she said.
7. the driver pulled up in an area where a number of other buses had parked, sat next to her and tried to kiss her
8. ....she pushed him away he pulled a knife and told her he was going to rape her, and that she must do as he said.
9. The driver, K S, 21, from Pakistan, was charged with attempted rape, threatening to kill, assault and consuming alcohol illegally.
10. He confessed only to the alcohol charge...."
Woman sailor thwarts Dubai rape attempt with leg stranglehold - The National
So....could it be that in consideration of his religion, the alcohol charge was significant, but rape of an infidel, not so much???
And, an interesting mention in the article:
"The court ordered he be examined to determine his age...."
Is it like with trees, cut off the limb and count the rings???