A British lady went wild on a beach in Dubai- where the most expensive 7 star hotel is located - and had sex in public with her new boyfriend. This is not supposed to happen in this Muslim country but the moral of the story is: can we stop such things when we focus so much on money?

She should be charged for sex terrorism

The Independent Newspaper in England reported the incident since the British woman, Michelle Palmer aged 30 is heading for jail and jails in Dubai are said not to be the same as in England.  Dubai is a fast track property and financial centre and it is also the major port centre that services Europe and the rest of the Arab world with millions of containers reaching its shores every year.

Tourism is only one part of Dubai's economic earnings but it is an important one as it involves the young Dubai citizens - however rich they are - to deal directly with the services industry in the country. It also employs a large number of the foreign legions living in Dubai.

It is certainly not the first time that someone had sex on a beach in Dubai. There is barely no control on who goes to the beach or does what on the beach in Dubai. But the incident was public and it will have an impact on how the Dubai authorities views things in the future. The complete report on the story is below but we featured it on our front page in order to raise the issue of morality and financial gains. The Muslim world is opening up to the rest of the world with tourism at large. 

Such incidents will be more than expected in the future. Should the couple be let free and no charges laid against them? The debate is on! 

By Terri Judd and Nikolina Sajn
Thursday, 10 July 2008 - Independent co uk

A British businesswoman is facing six years in an Arab jail after apparently being caught having drunken sex on a beach in Dubai.

Michelle Palmer, 30, was allegedly found in a compromising position on Jumeirah beach with a British holidaymaker, named only as Vince, whom she had met that morning at a champagne brunch with her work colleagues. A police officer apparently spotted the couple having sex on the beach and cautioned them, only to return later to find they had ignored his warning.

Last night, Ms Palmer's employer, ITP Publishing, confirmed that she had been dismissed after being accused of "a number of serious public order offences", including having sex outside marriage, indecent behaviour in public and assaulting a police officer.

A spokesman said: "ITP... expects its staff to behave in a manner consistent with the moral and cultural values of the society in which we all live and work. To this end the company gives its staff clear guidance regarding what is and what is not acceptable in the United Arab Emirates [UAE] when they join.

"Following an internal review of this incident, the company has dismissed Ms Palmer."

A Foreign Office spokesman confirmed that consular assistance was being offered to two British nationals who had been arrested on Saturday. He said the case was being investigated by the Dubai authorities but no formal charges had been brought.

In a blog entry she apparently posted last night, Ms Palmer spoke of her fear at what might happen to her. "We have all made silly regretful mistakes in life, of which some pay all too dearly ... The fear I feel each time I close my eyes fills my heart with dread ... Please imagine if it were you, this is punishment enough."

According to The Sun, Ms Palmer was said to have launched a tirade at the police officer who arrested her and threatened him with one of her high heels.

"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," she told the newspaper. "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 antidepressants."

While the embassy of the UAE in London had no comment to make yesterday, one insider insisted that it was not a "fundamentalist state". "If somebody was doing this in Hyde Park, I wonder what the British police would do? You have to conduct yourself with decorum."

The Sun reports that Authorities – under growing pressure to curb the excesses of westerners who flock to the Muslim emirate – say she will also be deported from the country where she has lived and worked for three years. 

Palmer was arrested when an officer saw her having sex on Jumeirah Beach. It is believed she was put in a cell. She had earlier got drunk during a champagne brunch which turned into an all-day binge.

Michelle, 30, is alleged to have called the cop a f****** Muslim **** and tried to hit him with her high-heeled shoe before being restrained.

Sex outside marriage is considered an offence in Dubai – one of the seven states which make up the United Arab Emirates. Michelle was later charged with that, plus indecent behaviour in public, being drunk in public, and assaulting a police officer.

In recent years Dubai has become an increasingly popular tourist destination. Each year about a million UK visitors travel to the UAE, while 100,000 expatriate Brits live there. Sex outside marriage is illegal in the UAE, as is cohabitation, adultery and homosexual behaviour. Visitors are warned that public displays of affection are frowned upon, and there have been several arrests for kissing in public.

In 2001, a Dubai court acquitted a British tourist of violating public morals after he was arrested in the emirate's gold market dressed as a woman in robe and veil. Philip Hulks, 55, a retired electronics engineer, contended that the outfit was a present for his wife and he had tried it on for size.

Drugs have proved a bigger problem for some. In 2007, 59 Britons were arrested for drug-related offences in Dubai while in February, the Radio 1 DJ Grooverider was jailed for four years after two grams of cannabis were found in his luggage when he tried to enter the country.

Many commonly available prescription drugs such as codeine are banned and it is an imprisonable offence to carry some well-known antidepressants without a prescription. Among the 374 banned items are melatonin, which is taken to ease the effects of jetlag.

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where are they think !!!!How dare she
written by adnan, August 23, 2008

this is an example of whom is trying or just thinking of having sex in public in uae >>>> 6 years in jial
thats fair enough.....myabe she will do it in the jail ......hahahahahah

Its unfair
written by Hiba, November 05, 2008

I think that wen Dubai is trying so hard to be westernized and to attract western people to the city , it should also have more tolerance for their behaviour even though wat she did was wrong.If dubai has to blow the trumpet of its values even wen everyone one knows that these things do happen here, and would not take the initiative of being more tolerant of western people's behaviour, then it should stop building houses for them in the emirate.

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