Drunk couple accused of having sex in Dubai taxi

DUBAI: An Irish man and a 27-year-old British woman are being questioned by prosecutors in Dubai for  allegedly having sex in the back of a taxi while they were both drunk, UAE daily Gulf News reported on Thursday.

The Irish man, C.M., claimed the British woman, R.B., was his fiancée. The pair have strongly denied the alleged charges of public indecency, consensual sex and liquor consumption.

"C.M. and R.B. were boozed up when they were reported to a nearby police patrol that they indulged in sexual activity in the taxi's rear seat in an area close to Dubai Marina," Gulf News reported citing a source.

"According to primary police interrogations, the arresting police officer alleged that the woman was not wearing a shirt when he arrested the couple.

"Meanwhile C.M. countered those claims, according to his statement, contending that R.B. is his fiancée and that she was sad when he hugged her only," the report added.

The prosecutor will hear the statements of the driver who reported the incident on May 30

"We are still waiting for forensic reports to prove whether the couple had sex or indulged in any form of sexual activity,"  the paper quoted a prosecution source as saying.

The suspects were released on bail after being held for five days at the Jebel Ali police station, the report said.