Sex on beach couple to be deported

A BRITISH couple who had sex on a Dubai beach will be deported after their three-month jail sentences were cancelled.

Michelle Palmer, 36, of Oakham, Rutland, and Vince Acors, 34, of Bromley, were given 12-week sentences last month after they were found guilty of having unmarried sex and public indecency.

They were also fined 1,000 dirhams (£155) after admitting being drunk in a public place. But the pair, who have always denied they were having sex, appealed. Dubai's Court of Appeal today cancelled the jail terms and the couple will now return to England.

Their lawyer, Hassan Matter, said: "I submitted a good defence. Michelle and Vince are innocent."