12 January 2010

British holidaymaker who claimed Dubai rape is arrested for illegal sex

A BRITISH woman on holiday in Dubai went to police after being raped - but was arrested for having illegal sex.

The 23-year-old Londoner says she was attacked by a waiter in a hotel toilet after celebrating her engagement to her boyfriend with drinks, The Sun reports. But after she admitted drinking alcohol and sharing a hotel room with her fiancé, police in the strict Islamic state arrested her for "illegal drinking" outside licensed premises and having sex outside marriage.

Her 44-year-old fiancé, also from London, was charged with the same offences. Both were thrown in police cells by officers who paid little heed to the rape. [Herald Sun] Read more [via Political Correctness Watch]