UAE | Crime
Couple appeals sex on beach sentence
A salesman has denied committing public indecency and claimed in court that no one was watching him when he had consensual sex with his female partner on Jumeirah beach.
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 23:11 March 5, 2009
- Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
- Records show the couple were charged with having sex on Jumeirah's public beach, committing public indecency and consuming alcohol.
Dubai: A salesman has denied committing public indecency and claimed in court that no one was watching him when he had consensual sex with his female partner on Jumeirah beach.
Records said the 26-year-old salesman, from Myanmar, was caught having sex with his 20-year-old compatriot saleswoman on the open beach.
The couple, who are currently detained, pleaded for leniency when they appeared before Presiding Judge Adnan Al Farra of the Dubai Appeals Court yesterday.
"I did consume liquor and had consensual sex with my partner, but I didn't commit any indecency in public... there was no one watching when we were on the beach," argued the salesman, L.Z.
When the judge confronted the saleswoman, K.P., with the charges, she admitted having sex with her compatriot but maintained that she was intoxicated and pleaded not-guilty on the charge of public indecency.
Records show the couple were charged with having sex on Jumeirah's public beach, committing public indecency and consuming alcohol.
The Dubai Courts of Misdemeanors earlier awarded the couple one year in jail for having sex in public and public indecency and handed them an additional month in jail for consuming liquor. They were ordered to be deported after serving their punishments.
The duo appealed their primary judgment before the Appeals Court, which will issue its verdict soon.
This is believed to be the second case of its kind. Last summer, a British couple became the focus of international attention after receiving a three-month suspended jail sentence followed by deportation after they were caught having sex on the beach under the influence of liquor.
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