03/05/2008 12:37 AM | By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
Dubai: A manager has been jailed for wearing a woman's G-string and asking a policeman to have sex with him under the influence of alcohol on Jumeirah beachside.
The policeman, with whom the Indian manager asked to have sex, testified that the defendant was walking in a womanly manner and his G-string was revealed when he took off his trousers in front of the beachgoers.
The Dubai Court of Misdemeanour sentenced the manager to one month in jail for indecently gesturing in public and fined him Dh1,000 for consuming liquor.
He will be deported after serving his punishment.
His lawyer Eisa Bin Haidar, of Bin Haidar Group Advocates and Legal Consultants, appealed the initial verdict on Tuesday.
The Public Prosecution charged the accused with committing an indecent gesture in public by exposing his back and having liquor.
During his first appearance in court, the accused pleaded innocent to indecently gesturing in public and denied his charges. He told the judge: "I did not intend to commit any wrong doing... I accidentally exposed my backside when I knelt down."
Police records said two beach policeman arrested the accused, whose backside was exposed, walking on the Jumeirah open beach. He smelled liquor and asked to have sex with someone and pointed at one of the policemen, added the report.
Police took him for questioning and he claimed that a misunderstanding happened with the policemen.
The policeman testified: "He walked down the beachside and we suspected that he was a thief. The beachgoers spotted his buttocks because he wore a woman's underwear (G-string)... when we were about to ask him what he meant, he jumped into the police car and asked to have sex with one of us and pointed at me..."