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Couple deny engaging in sexual activity on beach
A British couple have denied engaging in sexual activity on Jumeirah's beachside but confessed to consuming liquor when they appeared before the Dubai Misdemeanours Court on Tueday.
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 23:59 August 12, 2008
Dubai: A British couple have denied engaging in sexual activity on Jumeirah's beachside but confessed to consuming liquor when they appeared before the Dubai Misdemeanours Court on Tueday.
The woman, M.P., and her alleged partner, V.A., in their 30s, pleaded not guilty to having consensual sex or engaging in any sexual activity and denied committing an indecent gesture in public before the judge who confronted them with their charges.
However, they pleaded guilty to having alcohol. Their legal representative Hassan Mattar dismissed the charges of having consensual sex and indecently gesturing in public which Dubai's Public Prosecution brought against them late last month.
"My clients are innocent and they didn't engage in any sexual activity... the medical reports have proven that there was no sexual activity. The prosecution witnesses failed to confirm that the suspects were seen engaged in sexual intercourse. The Public Prosecution have also failed to produce corroborative evidence against my clients concerning having consensual sex and committing indecent gestures in public," Mattar explained to Gulf News yesterday. However, the suspects tested positive for liquor, which appeared in their blood and urine tests.
Senior Public Prosecutor Faisal Abdul Malek Ahli said earlier that M.P. reportedly consented to having illicit sexual intercourse at Jumeirah's beachside in front of beachgoers on July 5.
"They had illicit sex and breached public indecency at Jumeirah Open Beach when they were under the influence of liquor," Ahli said earlier in a media statement.
Mattar submitted his defence yesterday to the presiding judge who adjourned the case until the first week of September.
Police reports said an officer warned the couple when he found them engaged in sexual activity on the beach. When he returned ten minutes later he found they had not stopped.
The policeman tried to arrest them, but the woman allegedly abused him verbally and tried to hit him.
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