Dubai: A woman landed in court following a heated argument over how much she should charge a man for consensual sex after they met in a pub.
The 28-year-old Pakistani woman, R.K., was said to have been accused of working in prostitution after a driver threw her and her potential client out of his taxi when they had a heated argument in the back seat in July.
Prosecutors charged the suspect with having paid sex with strangers.
The woman pleaded not guilty when she appeared before the Dubai Court of First Instance on Sunday.
Her lawyer asked presiding judge Fahd Al Shamsi to adjourn the case until he prepares his written defence.
Prosecution records said the taxi driver threw the Pakistani woman and her client out of his taxi after they fought over how much she should charge the man for the night.
A policeman claimed to prosecutors that they were informed about a fight in front of a hotel on Shaikh Zayed Road.
“At around midnight a police patrol was dispatched to the location where a woman was said to have had a fight with a man. Once we reached the location, the woman suspect [R.K.] alleged that she met the man in a nightclub and offered to have sex with him for Dh2,000. She further claimed that the man asked her to reduce the price to Dh1,500 and she agreed. According to interrogations, the couple took a taxi and were heading to the man’s residence … they argued again over the charges in the taxi and had a heated argument before the driver pulled over. The driver forced them to leave his vehicle and contacted the police to inform them about the fight. The man and the woman confessed that they had consumed alcohol as they reeked of liquor. Upon confronting R.K., she admitted that she worked in prostitution,” the policeman testified.
The trial continues.
