Dubai: A woman has been cleared of showing a man the finger when she stopped her vehicle to take photos of a classic car.

The Turkish man alleged that the 45-year-old Russian woman showed him the finger when he sounded his horn and demanded she move her car because it was blocking the way in the Mall of the Emirates in March.

“That is absolutely untrue. I did not show my finger. I didn’t even move my hand,” argued 45-year-old I.O. when she pleaded innocent before the Dubai Misdemeanour Court on Tuesday.

Meanwhile her lawyer Mahmoud Azab Abu Gareeda contended before the judge that his client did not curse or show her finger.

“She did not even move her hands. My client stopped to take photos of a classic car when the claimant repeatedly sounded his horn in an annoying matter. I.O. did not do anything wrong. She was very respectful… actually it is the claimant who cursed my client and called her bad names. He used the F word. My client walked away and she was surprised when the police summoned her and accused her of showing the finger,” advocate Abu Gareeda said in courtroom five.

The court cleared the woman on Tuesday for lack of strong evidence.

“The court does not take the claimant’s complaint and the prosecution witnesses’ statements seriously. The evidence was insufficient and the claimant failed to corroborate his allegations. Hence the court clears the woman of any wrongdoing,” read Tuesday’s ruling.

The Turkish complainant alleged that the woman caused traffic to pile up behind her car and she blocked the way.

“She looked at me and showed me the finger when she heard the cars behind her repeatedly honking their horns. When I warned her that I was going to the police, she showed me the finger a second time,” he claimed.

The Russian visitor firmly refuted the claimant’s allegation and confirmed that she did not do this but thanked him instead.

“I told him thank you and I did not show him the finger. I told him thank you repeatedly… even the driver of the classic car thanked me for taking snapshots of his car and he thanked the claimant. The latter did not like that and he drove beside me and he cursed me and showed me his middle finger. My daughter was scared and she cried,” I.O. claimed during prosecution questioning.

The primary verdict remains subject to appeal within 15 days.