Teacher groped student while taking selfie

Judge sends O.M. to jail for three months after he kissed and molested 17-year-old in class

Dubai: A chemistry teacher, who molested his 17-year-old student while taking a selfie with her inside the classroom, was jailed for three months on Sunday.

The Lebanese teacher, O.M., kissed and molested the Canadian teenaged student at a school at Al Garhoud in May.

The Dubai Court of First Instance convicted O.M. of molestation after he argued that he was innocent and contended that the student had tried to tempt him to get high grades.

Presiding judge Mohammad Jamal said the defendant will be deported after serving his jail term. According to Sunday’s ruling, the accused took advantage of the fact that he was alone with the student in the classroom to grope and kiss her.