JEDDAH: A 34-year-old Pakistani expat laborer working in Dubai appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance recently for trying to molest two young Saudi sisters at a kindergarten in Al-Rashidiya district of the Emirate.

The Dubai police received a complaint from the girls’ father, a 39-year-old Saudi national working as a consultant in Dubai. The complainant said he received a phone call from his wife, a Belgian, informing him that the girls had returned home distraught and crying, and narrated the story to her, local media reported on Friday.

The police went to the kindergarten to conduct preliminary investigations, and is relying on footage from surveillance cameras installed in the corridors of the nursery for evidence.

The footage shows the Pakistani man touching the Saudi girls inappropriately despite their cries and resistance. The suspect has confessed to the crime.

The court is expected to issue its ruling on Nov. 13.