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British businesswoman facing jail in Dubai 'after having sex on the beach'


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30-year-old British woman Michelle Palmer has lost her job and faces a jail sentence of between 3 months and 6 years for breaking decency laws in Dubai after having sex on a beach, according to the Daily Mail.

Now, we all know the Daily Mail isn't the best source of reliable and balanced news, but if this is
really the case this woman *should* be scared, and feeling more than a little stupid. Dubai doesn't go easy on its own population, let alone foreigners who refuse to tow the line. Sex outside marriage, cohabitation, adultery and homosexuality are all illegal and punishable by very severe sentences.

Why you'd want to go to such restrictive and extreme country in the first place I don't know, especially as a woman (well, I hear the money helps), but was this woman standing up to a repressive regime in some way by getting jiggy in the sand, or should she simply have obeyed the laws of the country she chose to work in... and, um, just gone home to bed?
LindseyIndigo

18 responses // British businesswoman facing jail in Dubai 'after having sex on the beach'

  • what about the man?
    sfboy09
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  • Complete ignorance and arrogance on this woman's part. It amazes me when Western (Europeans and Americans) alike go to other countries and completely disregard the local country's laws and customs. I don't think she should go to jail but she really should have known better. Ignorance isn't bliss when living or visiting other countries whose laws are much different than more liberal societies.
    Settia
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  • sex on the beach.... that sand will get everywhere.... and i can imagine that THAT would be uncomfortable, surely punishment enough.

    but seriously now... knowing it's a strictly religious country, outdoor/public sex may not have been the smartest idea.
    Ben_Traffic_UK
  • Certainly getting drunk and having sex on a beach is not a very effective or intelligent way of 'opposing' an admittedly questionable legal system, but 6 years in jail for a 'crime of passion'? It is a little harsh ...
    JanaPokana
  • it is a little harsh by our standards, but in countries like that you're meant to keep covered up and everything so as to not offend their culture, and so having sex on the beach is a little silly
    Ben_Traffic_UK
  • It would be disrespectful to behave like that in any country (doing it somewhere you can easily get caught) but making love should not be a criminal offense, her punishment should be litter duty on the beaches lol
    Pettigrew
  • im sure theres a similar sentence here....well...the 3 months bit for indecent exposure and indecency....maybe not a first offense but i highly doubt this was.
    SilenceNoMore
  • This was a vital error on her part. Somethings are not worth the thrill.
    J_Jammer
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  • I don't think jail is appropriate, but when you're in a place that is known to have strict rules on sex in public (i.e. any Islamic country) you should probably try to refrain.
    abbym0308
  • The country and its tourist board have no qualms about broadcasting how westernised its becoming, sky scrayper here, shopping mall there - indoor SKI CENTRE!! I think their slightly backward judicial system could be deemed as contradictory to the country's growing commercial development.
    She should have definitely been more careful.. but I think this is likely to happen more and more with time.
    NatRed
  • i hope they were at least in a secluded part of the beach.O_o
    dson
  • Dubi needs to take a few notes from Denmark !
    Neightstradamus
  • If having sex on the beach is illegal, I should be on death row.
    Danny

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