woman reports rape and is charged with sex outside of marriage

[Amby 490]

A British woman who alleged that she was raped in Dubai on New Year’s Eve has had her passport confiscated and may face a jail sentence after she was charged with having sex outside marriage with her fiance.

The 23-year-old woman, a Muslim from London, of Pakistani origin, said that she was attacked by a man who is understood to be a worker in the hotel where she had been drinking with her fiance to celebrate their engagement during a three-day holiday in Dubai.

When she reported to the police that she had been raped, she and her partner, 44, were themselves jailed for sex outside marriage, which is illegal under the emirate’s laws. Unmarried couples are not allowed to share hotel rooms or live together, although many establishments turn a blind eye. The couple were also charged with being drunk outside licensed premises.

The alleged assault on the woman took place at the upmarket Address Hotel in the Dubai Marina district.

After drinking heavily to celebrate the marriage proposal that evening, the woman passed out in the toilets, where she says that she was followed by a member of staff and attacked. It is unclear if the alleged rape is being investigated by police. The woman’s alleged attacker has denied rape and has claimed that sex was consensual. He has also been charged with illegal sex outside marriage.

A spokesperson for the Address declined to comment yesterday. Dubai police also declined to comment.

The woman’s fiance was unaware of the incident and took her home, but when she recalled the attack the next morning they went to the police.

It is reported that the police focused on the woman’s drinking and her sexual preferences. It is claimed that standard procedures in alleged rape cases were not followed, although legal sources in Dubai dispute this. A blood test proved that the woman had been drinking. The couple were arrested, charged and jailed overnight. They have been released on bail and their passports have been taken away.

The woman has been advised to drop the rape allegation, admit that she was drunk and marry her fiance immediately if she wants to go home. She told The Sun: “I always dreamed of a big family wedding in Britain, but now I just want to get married so I can get out of here.”

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582660...test=latestnews

[Nagishkaw 510]

Don't drink and Dubai.

[aidan80 9]

Don't drink in any country that has religious "laws".. Religion and politics just don't mix.

[Pooky 3,784]

Be aware of the laws of the country you are in. Doesn't matter which country, they're going to be different to the ones you're familiar with from your homeland. Ignorance is no defence.

[Richard90027 1]

A British woman who alleged that she was raped in Dubai on New Year’s Eve has had her passport confiscated and may face a jail sentence after she was charged with having sex outside marriage with her fiance.

The 23-year-old woman, a Muslim from London, of Pakistani origin, said that she was attacked by a man who is understood to be a worker in the hotel where she had been drinking with her fiance to celebrate their engagement during a three-day holiday in Dubai.

When she reported to the police that she had been raped, she and her partner, 44, were themselves jailed for sex outside marriage, which is illegal under the emirate’s laws. Unmarried couples are not allowed to share hotel rooms or live together, although many establishments turn a blind eye. The couple were also charged with being drunk outside licensed premises.

The alleged assault on the woman took place at the upmarket Address Hotel in the Dubai Marina district.

After drinking heavily to celebrate the marriage proposal that evening, the woman passed out in the toilets, where she says that she was followed by a member of staff and attacked. It is unclear if the alleged rape is being investigated by police. The woman’s alleged attacker has denied rape and has claimed that sex was consensual. He has also been charged with illegal sex outside marriage.

A spokesperson for the Address declined to comment yesterday. Dubai police also declined to comment.

The woman’s fiance was unaware of the incident and took her home, but when she recalled the attack the next morning they went to the police.

It is reported that the police focused on the woman’s drinking and her sexual preferences. It is claimed that standard procedures in alleged rape cases were not followed, although legal sources in Dubai dispute this. A blood test proved that the woman had been drinking. The couple were arrested, charged and jailed overnight. They have been released on bail and their passports have been taken away.

The woman has been advised to drop the rape allegation, admit that she was drunk and marry her fiance immediately if she wants to go home. She told The Sun: “I always dreamed of a big family wedding in Britain, but now I just want to get married so I can get out of here.”

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582660...test=latestnews

No sympathy Here!!!

[slim 1,525]

Maybe soon they'll have laws like this in the UK too.

[sara..... 371]

im not going to say i agree with them rape is rape but i have a questions what in the world is a muslim doing drinking?

[sara..... 371]

in fact a few things strike me about this story what was she doing in a hotel room with her fiance??

sara

[EasternDE 35]

Be aware of the laws of the country you are in. Doesn't matter which country, they're going to be different to the ones you're familiar with from your homeland. Ignorance is no defence.

Yes.

Every year, there's a similar story in Dubai.

If you're getting raped in Dubai, the first thing to do is to leave, quickly.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Very good tourist attraction.

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Yes.

Every year, there's a similar story in Dubai.

If you're getting raped in Dubai, the first thing to do is to leave, quickly.

I think the problem is people getting stupid drunk and not aware of their surroundings and situations they get themselves in. Rape is terrible and unexcuseable. Getting drunk and sleeping on a toliet in a foreign country is just nonsense!

[Amby 490]

I think the problem is people getting stupid drunk and not aware of their surroundings and situations they get themselves in. Rape is terrible and unexcuseable. Getting drunk and sleeping on a toliet in a foreign country is just nonsense!

you have to get really drunk and do something really stupid at least once in your life!

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

you have to get really drunk and do something really stupid at least once in your life!

I dont drink at all, mostly bcz my biological father was an alcoholic and abused my mother and I, then murdered my mother in front of me. 2nd Im on a medicine for PCOS that says no alcohol. Fine if people want to do things stupid once in a lifetime, but by all means plz dont go doing that in a foreign country where their laws vary quite differently.

Edited January 10, 2010 by ~PalmTreeGurl~

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

also, by no means am I condoning her getting raped. Rape and abuse is horrible, shouldnt have happened to her at all.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Be aware of the laws of the country you are in. Doesn't matter which country, they're going to be different to the ones you're familiar with from your homeland. Ignorance is no defence.

Good point.

Examples: in US having sex with a drunk woman (as the 23-year-old EBP-Muslim victim described) is considered as rape (I don't know about Britain), but may not be so in others.

Incidental factoid for sarah (estadia), the woman's origin-country was founded (on religious/Islamic basis) by a man whose whisky consumption dwarfed that of an entire battleship crew (possible answer to why woman and fiance were drinking).