Dubai: A babysitter, who was found to be rendering sex services during a random inspection visit by a municipality inspector at a massage spa, has been jailed for three months.

The 27-year-old Bangladeshi woman who, according to records, worked as a babysitter had absconded from her sponsor’s house and was working in a massage and skincare spa for men in April 2016.

During a municipality inspector’s random inspection tour, the 27-year-old woman was found to have been flouting residency law and working for a different sponsor.

The woman had absconded from her Abu Dhabi-based sponsor and moved to work illegally at the massage spa, where the inspector found her involved in immoral practices.

The Dubai Court of First Instance on Thursday convicted the defendant of working as a prostitute.

Presiding judge Urfan Omar said the accused will be deported after serving her jail term.

The municipality inspector said that during a random inspection of the spa, he saw a Chinese man at the reception and some Indians in the corridor.

“When I showed my identity card to them, they all ran away. I went inside the spa, I found women in various rooms. When I asked them to show me their labour cards, they failed to do so. Thereafter, I called the police,” the inspector testified.

The 27-year-old Bangladeshi was among the women who were caught at the massage spa.

She told prosecutors that one of her countrywomen brought her to Ajman on a visit visa and she was supposed to work as a maid. Shortly after she arrived in the UAE, her countrywoman made her work as a prostitute and she also worked in a massage spa in Abu Dhabi.

The suspect said she also worked as a prostitute in Dubai before her arrest.

However, she denied working as a prostitute in Abu Dhabi.

Records confirmed that the accused had come to the UAE on a visa sponsored by an Emirati in Sharjah and he had reported her absconding in March 2016.

Immigration and residency records, however, had no mention of the countrywoman who had allegedly brought her to Ajman on a visit visa.

The primary judgement remains subject to appeal within 15 days.