20 October 2013

British woman wrongly jailed in Dubai for having sex outside marriage lied about husband to avoid adultery charge

.... The recruitment consultant was accused of having sex in the back of a taxi with her friend Conor McRedmond 28, from Tullamore, Co. Offaly and they spent a year fighting the allegations.

Ms Blake said her lawyer told her to keep the fact she was already technically married, from six years ago, a secret as if the authorities knew she was married she could be charged with the more serious crime of adultery. [Daily Mail] Read more