Dubai: An employee has been jailed for a year for tricking his workmate by saying that he wanted to teach her driving and then raping her in a sandy area.

The 36-year-old Pakistani employee talked his Ukrainian colleague into letting him teach her how to drive after insisting on her picking a date during a long weekend in July.

Shortly after the 32-year-old woman decided on a Friday, the man picked her up in his car and drove towards Al Qudra Street in the afternoon.

Then he asked her to sit on his lap as he pulled his seat back to teach her driving.

When she refused to sit on his lap, the man continued driving then swerved into a sandy area where he stopped and raped her.

The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted the defendant of having sex with the 32-year-old woman although he had pleaded not guilty maintaining that they had consensual sex.

According to Sunday’s ruling, the presiding judge said the defendant will be deported following the completion of his punishment.

The accused stepped out of his car, according to records, after claiming that the car was stuck in sand and that he wanted to get it out. The woman asked him to call someone for help before the sun set saying he would not be able to free the car by himself.

The woman testified that the incident happened after she accepted the defendant’s offer to teach her driving.

“He drove towards Al Qudra Street. I refused to sit on his lap when he asked me to. I asked him to drop me home and told him that I would never sit in a car alone with him again. While driving, he suddenly turned into a sandy area and the tyres got stuck. He failed to get the vehicle out. He did not call anyone for help … he took off his pants. I repeatedly warned him … but he refused to listen and insisted that he would free the tyres. The area was poorly lit and it was already dark. He sat beside me in the back seat and said he loved me. He forced himself on me and kissed me … I moved my head away. Then he forced himself on me and raped me. Later, he called someone to tow the car out. He dropped me at my friend’s place and she accompanied me to the police station to complain,” she testified.

A police lieutenant said the accused told him during questioning that he had sex with the woman.

Sunday’s ruling remains subject to appeal within 15 days.