<p>Prosecutors accused the man of consuming liquor and sexually molesting the 15-year-old Moroccan girl on board the flight, a newspaper report here said.<br /><br />It was not clear when the incident happened. The man, who works as a blacksmith and identified only as V D, pleaded not guilty to the molestation charge as he appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance. He, however, admitted to consuming liquor.</p>.<p>"I consumed liquor… but I did not molest the girl. I am innocent on that count," the man said before the court.<br /><br />According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said that the Moroccan girl was asleep when V D sat beside her and molested her. The 15-year-old schoolgirl, B B, testified that the alleged incident happened while she was seated alone on the window seat, Gulf News reported.<br /><br />"The seat next to mine was empty. The defendant who seemed drunk came and sat beside me. I neglected him although he tried to open up a conversation with me. I couldn't understand his language and I had my earphones on listening to music. When he grabbed my hand, I pulled it away and scolded him. Shortly after that, he pretended to be opening the window shutter when he touched my breast… I shouted at him and felt embarrassed and angered," she was quoted as saying.<br /><br />The girl's Emirati brother-in-law testified that when he and his wife [BB's sister] went to pick her from the airport, they were informed about the incident.<br /><br />The newspaper said a steward claimed: "The defendant admitted to me that he molested the girl and apologised for his wrongdoing… we kept him until police came and took him."</p>
<p>Prosecutors accused the man of consuming liquor and sexually molesting the 15-year-old Moroccan girl on board the flight, a newspaper report here said.<br /><br />It was not clear when the incident happened. The man, who works as a blacksmith and identified only as V D, pleaded not guilty to the molestation charge as he appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance. He, however, admitted to consuming liquor.</p>.<p>"I consumed liquor… but I did not molest the girl. I am innocent on that count," the man said before the court.<br /><br />According to the charge sheet, prosecutors said that the Moroccan girl was asleep when V D sat beside her and molested her. The 15-year-old schoolgirl, B B, testified that the alleged incident happened while she was seated alone on the window seat, Gulf News reported.<br /><br />"The seat next to mine was empty. The defendant who seemed drunk came and sat beside me. I neglected him although he tried to open up a conversation with me. I couldn't understand his language and I had my earphones on listening to music. When he grabbed my hand, I pulled it away and scolded him. Shortly after that, he pretended to be opening the window shutter when he touched my breast… I shouted at him and felt embarrassed and angered," she was quoted as saying.<br /><br />The girl's Emirati brother-in-law testified that when he and his wife [BB's sister] went to pick her from the airport, they were informed about the incident.<br /><br />The newspaper said a steward claimed: "The defendant admitted to me that he molested the girl and apologised for his wrongdoing… we kept him until police came and took him."</p>