Father who molested daughters gets 10-year jail term after Dubai court grants appeal to increase his prison sentence

  DUBAI – A father who molested his two daughters will spend 10 years in jail after the Dubai Appeal Court increased his nine-month prison sentence. The 40-year-old Emirati was convicted in February of molesting his daughters at their home. This week, the court accepted prosecutors’ appeal to increase the man’s sentence. The girls’ mother testified in court that she was alerted that something was wrong when she found photos of her undressed children, aged 16 and 12, in her husband's mobile phone. “I discovered that he had been taking snaps of them partly dressed while sleeping. I also found video footage of him abusing our 12-year-old daughter. There was also indecent footage of the two girls. When I confronted him, he admitted ,” she said. The girls were forced into silence because their father warned them that it would break their family apart and that he would be jailed, she said. She reported the incident to the police. Their teenage daughter told prosecutors that her father abused her once a week in his bedroom where he used to force her to undress and then molest her. The man has 28 days to appeal the ruling before the Cassation Court. ICA/Expat MediaJTNDYSUyMGhyZWYlM0QlMjJodHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGZXhwYXRtZWRpYS5uZXQlMkZjbGFzc2lmaWVkcyUyMiUzRSUwQSUwOSUzQ2ltZyUyMGJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbHQlM0QlMjJCdXklMjBvciUyMHNlbGwlMjBhbnl0aGluZyUyMG9uJTIwRXhwYXQlMjBNZWRpYSUyMENsYXNzaWZpZWRzJTIyJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRmV4cGF0bWVkaWEubmV0JTJGd3AtY29udGVudCUyRnVwbG9hZHMlMkYyMDE2JTJGMDIlMkZBRC1zdWJzZWN0aW9uLWNsYXNzaWZpZWRzLTE2NHgyMDkuanBnJTIyJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjIxMDAlMjUlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIxMDAlMjUlMjIlM0UlMEElM0MlMkZhJTNF