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[introducinlyric]

article from Daily Telegraph

A 30-year-old businesswoman is facing up to six years in a Dubai jail for breaching the country's strict ban on unmarried - and public - sex.

British publishing firm manager Michelle Palmer breached the strict ban during a boozy beach romp after she was caught canoodling in public with a holiday hunk.

The Sun reports that Authorities – under growing pressure to curb the excesses of westerners who flock to the Muslim emirate – say she will also be deported from the country where she has lived and worked for three years.

Palmer was arrested when an officer saw her having sex on Jumeirah Beach. It is believed she was put in a cell.

She had earlier got drunk during a champagne brunch which turned into an all-day binge.

Michelle, 30, is alleged to have called the cop a f****** Muslim **** and tried to hit him with her high-heeled shoe before being restrained.

Sex outside marriage is considered an offence in Dubai – one of the seven states which make up the United Arab Emirates.

Michelle was later charged with that, plus indecent behaviour in public, being drunk in public, and assaulting a police officer.

Authorities have warned her she faces between three months and six years in jail in the Arab state.

[rbisset]

I saw this in the paper the other day (The Sun, classy stuff) and the guys face was plastered all over a few pages as well.

When you are in a country where you shouldn't go out on the street after drinking and can only drink at home (with a permit!), then being drunk in public is going to get you noticed. Add to that the local culture frowns upon public displays of affection so F*#$ing in public is going to piss a lot of people off. It would sure piss me off!

I think they deserve everything they get for being so stupid and thinking they can get away with everything.

One story that I saw a while back that I thought was very harsh was someone going to jail for 3 years for having a used cannabis joint stuck in the grooves of his shoe!!

[starlagurl]

I saw this in the paper the other day (The Sun, classy stuff) and the guys face was plastered all over a few pages as well.

That's good, I haven't really been paying attention here too much, but I still haven't seen this guy in the media. Anybody else?

[introducinlyric]

found this article on dailymail.co.uk



Sex-on-the-beach Briton's grovelling apology to Dubai ... but he still faces 6 years in jail
By Dan Newling

The British businessman facing six years in prison for having sex on a Dubai beach has appealed to the authorities for leniency in a grovelling public apology.

In a letter addressed to the people of Dubai, Vince Acors said he was "humbled and humiliated" by his actions and claimed he felt "honest and abject remorse".

Although he concedes that he was very drunk and acted offensively, he denied the most serious accusation of having penetrative sex with a woman he is not married to.

The Daily Mail can reveal that the truth of this claim will be established later this week by an internal test on DNA taken from Michelle Palmer, 36.

A Dubai police source said: "In order for the charge of extra-marital sex to be brought, we need to know for sure whether there was sperm inside her and whose it is."


So sorry: Vince Acors wrote a letter of apology to the people of Dubai

Mr Acors, 34, first met Miss Palmer, a saleswaoman, at an all-you-can-drink brunch party on Friday 4th July. Ten hours later they were caught, semi-naked, on the city's Jumeirah beach.

When police tried to arrest the couple a drunken Miss Palmer -- who has lived in Dubai for three years -- launched a bitter tirade at the arresting officer, shouting: "You can't arrest me. I'll sue you."

The pair have been released on bail, but have surrendered their passports. They could face trial before the end of next week.

Yesterday (MON), in an apparent attempt to gain the court's favour -- as well as earn public sympathy -- Mr Acors gave a local paper a thorough written apology.

He wrote: "I have been accused of engaging in indecent relations in a public place which I deny, although I readily admit that my conduct and behaviour was inappropriate and beyond the bounds of acceptability.


Caught out: Michelle Palmer and a friend attend a social function in Dubai

"Having drunk more than I should during the course of day, a friendly encounter with a female acquaintance became overly affectionate at a time and place when we both should have known better.

"I am deeply ashamed of my actions and the offence and trouble they have caused."

The father-of-one from Bromley in Kent goes on to claim that he is "hard working" and said that his conduct was "totally out of character"

Under Dubai law, the courts can take into account a defendant's remorse during sentencing. No doubt aware of this, Mr Acors ends with a verbose statement of contrition.

He writes: "Since being in Dubai I have been welcomed and treated with great warmth and hospitality by the people of this city.

"I have sadly betrayed that generosity shown to me, but I sincerely hope that this statement will show my honest and abject remorse and genuine condition regarding my conduct.

"My apology to the people of Dubai is both profound and solemn."

Yesterday a Dubai lawyer - who would not be named due to the a legal ban on commenting on impending court cases - said the move could work to Mr Acors' advantage.

He said: "It's a very blunt tactic, but it may help. The fact that he does not attempt to justify his actions may go down well with the judge."

Dubai's prosecution service will decide later this week whether - and with what - the pair will be charged.

The state's chief of police has said that he is confident Miss Palmer, from Oakham in Rutland, will be charged with assaulting a police officer, being drunk in public and having unmarried sex .

Miss Palmer and Mr Acors are unlikely to contest the drunk in public charge as blood tests have revealed that Mr Acors had 149 mg alcohol per 100 ml of his blood and Miss Palmer had 127 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood.

Both blood alcohol readings are more than the British drink-drive limit of 80 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. They clearly breach Dubai's ban having any alcohol in public places.

The Dubai authorities claim to have clamped down on lewd behaviour in the light on international interest in the sex-on-the-beach case.

Yesterday they said that security guards will in future patrol the oil-rich emirate's beaches and that 24-hour floodlights will be used to catch people "in flagrante". Seventy-nine foreigners have been caught in the last fortnight, none of them British, police said.

Abdullah Mohammed Rafa, assistant director general for public affairs the Dubai municipality, said: "These new personnel have been deployed, especially at the Jumeirah open beach, because of the incident that happened there last week."



*Vince Acors is the one holding the champagne

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The Daily Mail can reveal that the truth of this claim will be established later this week by an internal test on DNA taken from Michelle Palmer, 36.

A Dubai police source said: "In order for the charge of extra-marital sex to be brought, we need to know for sure whether there was sperm inside her and whose it is."

What? So if he was wearing a condom, then no charges? Or would there be less charges? Soooooo bizarre...

Wooo, we have our own secret inside source, raniroo! Amazing!

Thanks for the update, Gerre, I was too lazy to go find it myself...Glad to finally see the male culprit!