Man accused of sexually assaulting roommate at homeless hostel
Kurtanet Umerov
A HOSTEL resident has been accused of sexually assaulting his roommate who woke to find “a hand down his trousers”.
Kurtanet Umerov (58), an out-of-work chef, is alleged to have carried out the assault at a homeless hostel in Dublin.
He was granted bail despite garda objections and had his case adjourned at Dublin District Court.
Mr Umerov, with a current address at a north city centre hostel, is charged with sexually assaulting the man at another hostel on a date in October last year.
He is also accused of failing to appear in court on other dates.
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The prosecuting garda said the accused was brought to Mountjoy station, where he replied when charged that he was falsely accused, saying: “this is not true... I am a sick man, I didn’t do anything wrong.”
To other charges he replied: “I was in hospital, I kept saying I couldn’t make it” and “yes, I was in hospital for seven months, which is why I didn’t turn up.”
The garda objected to bail, citing the seriousness of the allegations and his belief that Mr Umerov was a flight risk.
He said the accused was of no fixed address and there had been difficulties locating him to charge him.
Mr Umerov was a long-term alcoholic and a “frail and unwell man” and there was documentation to show he had been in hospital, defence solicitor Donal Quigley said.
He used to work as a chef until “alcoholism got the better of him.”
He had worked out of the state on a cruise ship but had been in the state for four years.
The court heard it was alleged the accused was staying at a hostel and sharing a room with another service user.
It was alleged the man “woke up and there was a hand down his trousers.”
Judge Smyth granted the accused bail in his own bond of €200 .
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