A British pair are facing a jail sentence in Dubai after being caught having sex on the beach following a night of boozy partying. Publishing assistant Michelle Palmer, 30, and a visiting British man known only as "Vince" were arrested after a passing policeman allegedly sprung them twice in a compromising position on the Jumeirah beach.
Ms Palmer had reportedly earlier attended an all-you-can-drink function at the Le Meridien Hotel near the Dubai Airport, which offered unlimited beer, wine and spirits for three hours.
She then partied on with Vince at a nearby club, before moving on to another venue after the man was ejected for fighting, the Telegraph reports.
It is alleged that later that night police found the pair having sex on the beach.
Despite the official reportedly letting them off with a warning, the pair were allegedly discovered in the same position shortly after and arrested.
"Because this is known everywhere they're going to make an example of us and we're going to get a higher sentence," the newspaper quoted Ms Palmer as saying.
She is also facing possible charges of assaulting the arresting officer and public drunkenness.
Ms Palmer's employer, the ITP Publishing Group, has since sacked her following an internal investigation.
Sex outside marriage is illegal in the United Arab Emirates, and the pair face between three months and six years in jail.
The pair, who are not believed to be in a formal relationship, have reportedly taken part in a rushed civil marriage ceremony in an effort to reduce any possible sentence.
Local police are in the process of a crackdown on offensive tourist behaviour — including public kissing and topless sunbathing.
These people are TOURISTS. Since when does a country oppress the tourist governing sexual relationships. If this were done in Australia in a similar fashion to the GAY community, there would be an uproar on a GLOBAL scale.
Bigamy in Australia, is also ILLEGAL, BUT it is supported by every government of the day.
Every government accepts the legitimate wife and treats the others as single mothers, who are on our social security system. There is no Out Cry from the general public there
PUBLIC KISSING - could also be affection displayed towards YOUR WIFE.
The world is entering the New Age of the Ottoman Empire.
that's totally disgusting ..
ReplyDeleteeven ANIMALS would hide while having sex...
they say about Arabs and Muslims many bad things ,and here they are.. having sex on the beach infront of everybody just like nasty bigs .....
i hope that foreigners (western ppl) notice that they have sick things in there societys, and to respect Arabs because we let them in our country., we let them live a perfect life here ,we give them salarys that they wouldnt have dream of earning it in there countries... after they were begging for a living there..
Two people had too much to drink and decided that a romantic interlude on a dark beach might be a good idea. It was poor judgement, Emarati. Arabs and Muslims are the nasty pigs. Here, have a shoe.
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