DUBAI, UAE - A British businesswoman faces up to three years in jail for allegedly having sex in a taxi in Dubai while she was drunk.Rebecca Blake, 29, and Conor McRedmond were arrested after an all-day drinking binge.
They were held for five days and accused of having sex outside marriage and being drunk in a public place – both criminal offences in the strict Islamic state.
Miss Blake, a recruitment consultant, met Irishman Mr McRedmond at The Irish Village, a hotel bar where patrons pay £10 a head for an all-you-can-drink brunch event. After drinking for 12 hours, the pair hailed a cab towards Dubai Marina.
- Minutes later they were spotted in a passionate embrace by the driver in his rear view mirror, according to police reports.
- Incensed by their behaviour, the driver stopped and complained to police in a patrol car parked nearby. When he returned with an officer, they saw Miss Blake having sex on the back seat of the cab with Mr McRedmond, it is alleged.
- A source said: ‘They were completely drunk, started kissing and then got carried away. That’s when they started having sex.
Rebecca, whose UK address has not been disclosed, faces up to three years in jail if the alleged sex offence is proven. - Samples have been sent to Dubai’s criminal lab for DNA tests. And police said: “This is still under investigation.”
Rebecca was bailed after a surety was paid by company manager Rowley Rees Brown, 42, a pal who lives in Dubai.
But Rebecca last night said she was NOT arrested on suspicion of public indecency. And she insisted she had been ALONE in the back of the cab.
She added: “It’s all total bull****. If it were true I’d have been on the phone straight away telling my story to The Sun, but it’s not. I have no idea where these sex allegations have come from because none were put to me by the authorities.“I was arrested for having a bottle of beer in the back of a cab, not having sex. That is all. I was alone in the vehicle.”
McRedmond, who also denies the charges, is thought to work for an engineering firm in the emirate.
McRedmond, who also denies the charges, is thought to work for an engineering firm in the emirate.
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