'Sex on Dubai beach’ Couple Michelle Palmer and Vince Acors Sentenced

A British couple were sentenced to three months in prison for having sex on a Dubai beach. Vince Acors, 34, and Michelle Palmer, 36, got jail time for their sex act and a $272 fine for drinking alcohol. They will be deported immediately upon their release from prison.

The couple took a cab to Jumeirah Beach in the United Arab Emirates after enjoying too much of a good thing at a champagne brunch at their five star hotel. The tryst occurred on July 5th in the financial hub of the Middle East, which caters to tourists and multi-billion dollar business deals. The Islamic state expressly forbids alcohol, unmarried sex and homosexuality and that appears to be the crux of the matter.

The couple claims they were only hugging and kissing but witnesses, including a police officer, say they had sex in a lounger on the beach. Their lawyer Hassan Mattar plans to appeal - the couple have been released on bail pending the outcome. In the meantime, the pair have been fired from their jobs as publishing executives.The British media has been harsh on the pair. One news outlet wrote: “Tourists are ignoring the emirates strict Islamic laws and the outcome of this case will be a warning that such drunken behavior will not be tolerated in public.”

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British Woman Convicted for Having Sex on Dubai Beach

A British businesswoman is facing six years in a foreign jail after she was allegedly caught having drunken sex on a beach in Dubai.Michelle Palmer, manager of a publishing firm, was arrested after a police officer reportedly found her and a British holidaymaker in a compromising position on Jumeirah Beach in the Arab state.

The 30-year-old is thought to have been charged with having sex outside marriage - considered an offence in Dubai - as well as indecent behaviour in public, being drunk in public, and assaulting a police officer.Miss Palmer told the Sun that she fears she will be ‘made an example of’ under the strict laws of a country where even mild public displays of affection are frowned upon.

She faces and her fellow accused face a sentence of between three months and six years in jail in the state, one of seven that makes up the United Arab Emirates.She told the newspaper: “Because this is known everywhere they’re going to make an example of us and we’re going to get a higher sentence.“We are in so much trouble and my family and everybody are affected. Until someone is in this situation they could never know what it’s like. It’s bad - it’s so, so bad.

“They are being pushed into a corner to make an example of us. I’m panicking - my mum is on anti-depressants. I can’t say anything else. I’ve got to go.”Miss Palmer, is said to been drinking champagne during a brunch with colleagues last Friday before agreeing to go for a walk on the beach with a friend of a colleague.When the pair were allegedly found having sex by a policeman, he is said to have let them off with a caution. However, later, after the couple were discovered in the same position, they were arrested, and Miss Palmer is said to have become aggressive.

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