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Niels Bohr   72

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Two Britons found guilty of having sex on a Dubai beach are to be deported without serving any jail sentence.

Michelle Palmer, 36, of Oakham, Rutland, and Vince Acors, 34, of Bromley, south-east London, had appealed against their convictions.

They were caught on Jumeirah Beach on 5 July and fined £170 and sentenced to three months in prison in October.

The pair were freed on bail during the appeals process and a court has now withdrawn their three-month jail terms.

Palmer and Acors were not in court for the verdicts, but speaking afterwards on her mobile phone, Palmer said: "It just proves our innocence after all the bad stuff that was written."

Hassan Matter, who represented the couple in court, said: "The judge has cancelled the jail. He refused the prosecution appeal [for the sentences to be increased].

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"They are free. It's wonderful. The judge gave us a good hearing because he has a good heart and a good brain. He understood everything."

Palmer and Acors were found guilty of unmarried sex and public indecency at Dubai's Court of First Instance.

The pair were arrested on the beach hours after meeting at a champagne brunch.

Palmer was sacked from her job in Dubai as a publishing executive after her arrest. Acors was visiting the emirate on holiday.

Prosecutors told Dubai's Court of Appeal the pair's punishment was too "small".

'Chuffed'

At the opening of their trial in August, Palmer denied having sex with Acors, saying they had simply been "kissing and hugging".

Mr Matter has insisted the results of a medical test on Palmer just hours after they were arrested on 5 July showed "she had not engaged in recent sexual intercourse".

He said the couple would be deported after they had been processed by the court.

Andrew Crossley, of London-based ACS Law, who has been representing Acors, said: "Vince says it hasn't sunk in yet. They are both chuffed. Vince can't believe it."

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they were lucky not to serve any time or get lashed

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The UAE is supposedly one of the more enlightened countries in the region ;)

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Yup, totally...

but I don't blame them, after a champagne brunch is hard not to :lol:

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The UAE is supposedly one of the more enlightened countries in the region ;)

Scary.

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HAL 9000   96

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People should know the rules and regulation when coming to a foreign country..

Yeah really...

Yep. Its a trade off. The lady got fired from what was likely a very well-paying job for likely knowing she and her cohort would taunt the laws of the country they were in.

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People should know the rules and regulation when coming to a foreign country..

Yeah really...

Yep. Its a trade off. The lady got fired from what was likely a very well-paying job for likely knowing she and her cohort would taunt the laws of the country they were in.

Its pretty stupid really. You should be clued up on local customs before you move somewhere.

That said - its not exactly surprising that in a country like that, public morality might be a concern.

I'm not a fan of people who saunter into foreign countries and think they can get away with the stuff they did at home.

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People should know the rules and regulation when coming to a foreign country..

:thumbs: Spot on there.

How stupid or ignorant could these idiots be. For starters, you are in a Muslim nation. Dubai is not Cancun.

We need to require those leaving the country take some sort of common sense tests before they travel.

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That isn't custom. Its law - and every expat that is assigned to that region gets briefed on what they cannot do in public. Lucky it wasn't Saudi is all I can say...this was clearly a case of flagrant flaunting of the laws of that country.

People should know the rules and regulation when coming to a foreign country..

Yeah really...

Yep. Its a trade off. The lady got fired from what was likely a very well-paying job for likely knowing she and her cohort would taunt the laws of the country they were in.

Its pretty stupid really. You should be clued up on local customs before you move somewhere.

That said - its not exactly surprising that in a country like that, public morality might be a concern.

I'm not a fan of people who saunter into foreign countries and think they can get away with the stuff they did at home.

 

i don't get it.

 

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