Dubai: A waitress leapt from a first-floor window and injured herself to escape being raped in flat by a driver who claimed that she had agreed to have consensual sex with him.

The 28-year-old Pakistani driver was said to have lured the Filipina waitress to the flat claiming that he wanted to get to some papers from his office.

Then he removed his clothes and undressed the 21-year-old waitress and attempted to rape her after he locked the door from inside.

The Filipina allegedly sweet-talked the suspect and deceived him when she claimed that she would prepare herself for him after bringing her water to drink.

Once the defendant went to the kitchen to get her water, the half-dressed Filipina opened the window and jumped off in November. She landed on the pavement and lost consciousness before she was rushed to hospital after sustaining fractures in her hips.

Prosecutors accused the Pakistani of using physical violence and attempting to have sex with the Filipina against her will.

“That is not true. I did not try to rape her. She rode with me in my car and agreed to accompany me to the flat to have consensual sex. After I removed my clothes and removed hers, she suddenly decided to stop. Then she ran away to the window and jumped,” said the suspect when he entered a not guilty plea before the Dubai Court of First Instance.

According to the charge-sheet, prosecutors said the suspect picked the waitress up from the street. He stopped in Freij Al Marar and claimed that he wanted to retrieve some work papers from his office. She agreed to go up with him. Once in the flat, the defendant locked the door and attempted to rape the Filipina, who jumped from the window.

The woman testified to prosecutors that the incident happened after she accompanied the defendant in his car to the Global Village at 5.30pm.

Records said when the woman regained consciousness following the jump, she realised that the defendant had brought her purse and kept it beside her at the pavement and left.

Medical reports confirmed that the Filipina sustained fractures in her hips and bruises in her knee.

A Pakistani shopkeeper testified to prosecutors that he called up the police once the woman landed in front of his shop at the pavement.

A police lieutenant testified to prosecutors that the defendant turned himself in and claimed that he had agreed to have consensual sex with the waitress.

The trial continues.