Russian accused of molesting nine-year-old girl he gave home to after fire

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Dmitri Nikuli, aged 45, was arrested at his apartment at 1am this morning accused of sexually assaulting a number of young girls. Picture courtesy of Consolacion police

A Russian has been arrested in Consolacion, Cebu, on suspicion of sexually abusing girls as young as five-years-old.

Dmitri Nikuli, aged 45, is detained at Consolacion police station following a raid on his apartment in Barangay Lamac, Consolacion, Cebu, at 1am today (Friday, May 18).

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Six girls — aged five, eight, nine, 11, 12 and 16 — have been taken into protective custody. They are all from Mandaue.

The police operation came after the mother of the nine-year-old girl told police that Nikuli had touched the child sexually while she was taking a bath.

Chief Inspector Gerard Ace Pelare, the town police commander, said the Russian befriended the alleged victims after they lost their homes in a fire last year. He then provided them with somewhere to live, along with their parents.

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“The foreigner gave them help until he became close to them and he started to invite them to his house,” he said.

Nikuli, who has an address in Texas, USA, categorically denies all of the allegations against him.

He will be charged for violations of Republic Act 8353, or the Anti-Rape Law, in relation to RA 7610, or the Special Protection of Children against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act. 

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