Couple Faces Jail Time for Kissing in Public

For those of you who've travelled to Dubai (or even seen it in photos), you know it's a beautiful place. But, their antiquated customs and laws are just that ... antiquated.

According to Reuters:

A British pair caught kissing in public in Dubai face up to a month in jail in the Gulf Arab emirate for indecency after an Emirati mother complained her child had seen their indiscretion. The pair, a British man living in Dubai and a female friend, were arrested in November on accusations of kissing and touching each other intimately in public and consuming alcohol, their lawyer said. They were ordered jailed for a month....A lawyer for the pair, who launched an appeal on Sunday, said there had been no inappropriate kissing and the two were just friends. A verdict in the appeal is expected on April 4. "There was no lip kissing. It was just a normal greeting that is not considered offensive," lawyer Khalaf al-Hosani told the court, adding the complainant's testimony was contradictory.

After Ayman Najafi, 24, and Charlotte Adams, 26 (pictured) were arrested, police confiscated their passports so that they couldn’t leave the country.

This is the third such case in a matter of years. In 2008, a British couple was found guilty of engaging in drunken sexual activity out of wedlock on a beach. They were sentenced to three months in prison followed by deportation, but had their jail terms overturned on appeal. Then earlier this year, another British couple who shared a hotel room managed to escape trial in Dubai for having sex out of wedlock by producing a marriage certificate.

We see a trend: Dubai isn't fond of the Brits and their amorous ways.


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