DUBAI // A mathematics teacher at a private school on Tuesday confessed in court to molesting one of his pupils.
Filipino R M, 29, pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault.
Prosecutors said he told the boy, aged 13, to lock the door of his classroom before asking him to massage his head and back.
The pupil said it was not the first time his maths teacher had asked him for a massage, but he had always refused. However, about 1.30pm on April 16, he reluctantly accepted.
“While massaging him he started talking about how much he will miss me in the summer break,” the boy said.
The teacher then hugged the boy and started kissing him on his cheeks.
When he attempted to kiss the child on the lips, the boy tried to stop him. But the teacher did not stop and he touched the boy inappropriately for about 20 minutes until pupils started to gather at the classroom.
At that point, “he told me to leave”, the boy said.
It was not clear how the incident was reported to police. But during police and prosecution investigations, R M confessed to the charge against him.
A verdict is expected on July 7.
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