'Stoning' sentence commuted

Fujairah: A woman escaped a sentence of 'death by stoning' after her sentence for adultery was commuted by an appeal court to one-year imprisonment, 40 lashes and deportation.

N.A.M., a Bangladeshi, had been convicted by Fujairah's Sharia Court of committing adultery with the second defendant, M.N. who was also convicted of the same charges.

With the stoning, N.A.M. was initially also sentenced to two years in jail, a Dh1,000 fine and deportation.