An Irishman has been found guilty and sentenced to three months in prison for committing an indecent act with a British woman in a taxi in Dubai.
The woman also received a three month sentence and both will be deported after they serve their sentences.
Conor Redmond from Tullamore in Offaly and Rebecca Blake both denied the charge of "breach of honor with consent" and committing "an indecent act in a taxi."
They admitted a charge of consuming alcohol in public.
Ms Blake, 29, from Surrey, and welder Mr McRedmond, 28, were arrested in the taxi on May 4 after they had met earlier that day at a hotel brunch and then went on to an Irish bar.
Pakistani taxi driver Qaiser Khan, 29, said he picked the couple up at around 11pm after they had been drinking all day.
While driving the couple Khan said he observed Blake had taken her top off and was straddling Mr McRedmond and was 'moaning for two minutes and making the sounds of a woman having sex', say police.
He summoned a policeman and said 'Come and see what they are doing.'
The officer told the court he found the couple having sex in the car.
Their lawyer said they denied the charges. “The driver's testimony to police officers contradicts his testimony to prosecutors. My clients' testimonies have remained the same during police and prosecution investigations.”
Blake later admitted, “I'm no saint. The whole incident was a blur.” She lost her job as a result.
Their lawyer said they took a taxi outside a hotel and Redmond had an argument with the taxi driver about the fare. 'My clients live here and they know Dubai so they knew the quickest route. The taxi driver saw he was drunk and thought he should go to the police before he had a chance to complain.
As soon as he saw a police car he pulled over and said they were having sex.
'When the officer came over, they had their clothes on and were not doing anything. The witness statements do not tally.
He added: 'There was no proof they had sex. They are adults who know what they are doing so they could have had sex in a hotel if they had wanted to. Why bother in a taxi?'
Taxi driver Khan told police.
'The next thing, I looked in the mirror and saw the woman sitting on the man's thighs. She was naked, moving up and down and making sounds.'
Khan said when the police came Blake had offered him 'a lot of money' to say they were kissing rather than having sex.
'I refused and told the truth during the investigation,' he told police.
The policeman said, 'They kept having sex for four minutes and then I knocked on the glass so they stopped and got dressed. The man's shirt was open, his trousers were down to his knees and the woman was not wearing any underwear,' he said.
Though considered one of the more liberal Arab states, Dubai has prosecuted many foreigners for alleged indecent acts in recent years.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.jimod4343 | Nov 29, 2012, 07:58 AM EST
I can't believe they got off so lightly. In any of the other Emirates or Saudi there would have been BIG TIME repercussions. And trying to bribe a cop out there as well? Sheesh......pure stupidity.
breandan | Nov 24, 2012, 09:18 AM EST
This wasn't a little groping. It sounds as if they were in full intercourse in the back of a cab. Three months seems fair especially since they got equal sentences rather than the woman getting stoned or the man getting accused of rape. Would this really be tolerated in a cab on O'Connell Street? Get a room.
sully1167 | Nov 24, 2012, 04:59 AM EST
Globalization at it's best!
seanomelb | Nov 23, 2012, 11:12 PM EST
I think Misneac has confused Dubai withsomewhere else. It's a modern vibrant city and a friend of the USofA. To whom do I feel inferior misneac? I don't expect a reply,psychology is not your strong point thats obvious.
misneac | Nov 23, 2012, 10:32 PM EST
Seanomelb has a major inferioriy complex .I have been to Dubai, it is not a vibrant modern state . It is caught in a Muslim time warp . They play the Sharia law card when it suits ,like this situation where a Westerner is victimised and held to ransom to extract more cash . Why do people like you have such a complex ?
seanomelb | Nov 23, 2012, 06:28 PM EST
Misneac you should visit Dubai and see what a vibrant modern state looks like. You gotta leave that trailer park sometime.
jerryoneill | Nov 23, 2012, 01:15 PM EST
to Thomas 84. She said with the exception of the soccer and rugby team i was the only one.
misneac | Nov 23, 2012, 12:53 PM EST
Why do we still have bigoted gobshites still making references to an Ireland of a century ago ! Even then that did happen as the common people did not have motor cars at that time . More relevant is the fact that in the year 2012 we have a Muslim state a century out of date ,and we still have women in Ireland who talk about "rights " !!
IrelandNorth | Nov 23, 2012, 08:18 AM EST
Should've kept his pecker in his pocket. Could've lost it if they were in Saudi. Might think twice, next time a pretty English rose lunges for his lucky lepreachaun. Mind you, it's not that long ago historically that the local parish priest could've been knockin' on yer fogged-up car window with his crozier to put a halt to the gallop of your sexual shennanigans. Hmmm! Good ol' fashioned cryto-theocracies. Where would ya be without 'em?
SAirish | Nov 23, 2012, 03:57 AM EST
The story is in the Irish Sun Newspaper which states that both will be appealing their sentence. They are now out on bail until the appeal hearing in January. The picture on the Daily Mail website of Rebecca in a bikini on the beach is worth looking at - very sexy figure.
Thomas84 | Nov 23, 2012, 03:31 AM EST
Hey jerry, I suppose you are the only one your wife has been with then ??
jerryoneill | Nov 22, 2012, 11:42 PM EST
I think that I found the major flaw in the cab drivers testimony. He said they were having sex for 4 minuets. My wife said the cabbie had to be lying because no Irishman ever lasted that long.
Towngate | Nov 22, 2012, 06:51 PM EST
Let me know when she is due back in England. I'll meet her at Heathrow Airport in a nice fresh taxi!
seanomelb | Nov 22, 2012, 04:22 PM EST
When in Dubai do what the "Dubians do". Their laws their country.
WoundedKnee | Nov 22, 2012, 02:45 PM EST
They'll be out by St Patrick's Day. I suggest they make a date for Dublin on 3/17. Everyone does it in the street in Dublin that day. Even 12 year olds. I've seen it, though I didn't intervene to card them.
WoundedKnee | Nov 22, 2012, 02:42 PM EST
Greater love than this no man hath, then that he pull down his pants for a friend...
Curitiba | Nov 22, 2012, 02:14 PM EST
I bet poor old Conor couldn't believe his luck. Three months of hell just for pulling the woman of his dreams. Mind you, I'll bet he won't be able to keep the women from his front door when he gets home to Tullamore. I saw more pics of Rebecca on the daily mail website and after viewing them, I don't blame him for risking it all!
danny3318 | Nov 22, 2012, 01:11 PM EST
Three months? I would do it. She is hot. It would be even better if they were jailed together
Sparklet | Nov 22, 2012, 11:34 AM EST
If you choose to go to these countries, then you have to abide by their rules. Mind, I'm not so sure you wouldn't get arrested in Ireland or the UK for the same thing.
saraindc | Nov 22, 2012, 11:03 AM EST
its a muslim country with different rules and what goes in Tullamore does not go down well (or up as the case may be!!!) in Dubai - lesson to all - keep it zipped up till you get behind your hotel doors!
olovely | Nov 22, 2012, 10:55 AM EST
He's HOT. I don't blame her. Also, these are two consenting adults - the state should mind its own business. Isn't there enough in life to be concerned with already?
PhlutiePhan | Nov 22, 2012, 10:52 AM EST
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. You visit a foreign country, you go by their rules.
Mickey Ryan | Nov 22, 2012, 10:44 AM EST
She's HOT. Who can blame the lad? These Arabs are ridiculous.