Dubai kiss Britons' appeal fails

Two Britons convicted of kissing in public had their one-month prison sentence upheld by a Dubai court today.

Sun, 04 Apr, 2010 - 11:48

Two Britons convicted of kissing in public had their one-month prison sentence upheld by a Dubai court today.

Ayman Najafi, 24, and Charlotte Adams, 25, were arrested by police in the Gulf resort last November after a woman complained they had been seen kissing on the mouth in a restaurant, breaching Dubai’s strict decency laws.

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