Pilot gets jail term for lewd act in public
DEFENDANT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE BALCONY OF HIS ROOM IN DUBAI HOTEL
Apilot has been jailed for one month after he was caught committing a lewd act on the balcony of a luxury hotel at Dubai Downtown. The five- star hotel’s security officers were said to have taken photos of the American pilot standing naked on the balcony of his hotel room and committing a lewd act.
Despite having entered a not guilty plea, the American defendant was jailed for one month after he was found guilty of committing a lewd act in public by the Dubai Misdemeanours Court.
A Nepalese security guard was on duty when he spotted the defendant.
Court records said the Nepalese guard immediately informed the hotel’s security supervisor.
The head of security went to check and when he saw the American man, he photographed the defendant committing the lewd act.
Records said when the hotel’s security guard went to the man’s room to ask him to stop, he did not answer the door.
The Nepalese witness testified to police interrogators that he heard a number of hotel guests and residents, who lived in residential units around the hotel, shouting when they saw the defendant on the balcony.
Sources close to the case told Gulf News: “Prosecutors produced the photos that exposed the accused standing on the balcony and committing the lewd act as materialistic evid- ence against the defendant.”
Not the first time
Meanwhile, the hotel’s head of security told police interrogators that the defendant had been caught earlier for similar behaviour and had signed an undertaking not to repeat the behaviour.
According to the primary court ruling, the pilot denied his accusation when he showed up in court.
His lawyer argued that the hotel’s balcony is not considered a public place and asked the court to dismiss the charge of committing a lewd act in public.
However, the court convicted the defendant who will be deported following the completion of his jail term.
The ruling remains subject to appeal within 15 days.