Beware - Adultery abroad is not necessarily an option!

Helen Habershon on adultery in Dubai!

A British woman was recently jailed for adultery in Dubai, a month after her husband told police in the emirate that she was having an affair.

Both the woman, and her lover were sentenced to two months in prison in Dubai. The woman’s husband, had attempted to withdraw his complaint about her adultery following her arrest but was told it was too late!

He has visited her in jail and their relationship has remained amicable. The couple were not estranged, neither were divorce proceedings afoot, but clearly the relationship she was having with her lover in Dubai was destroying their marriage.

The woman and her lover were ordered by the court in Dubai to be deported after being freed. As with criminal convictions in England, they will undoubtedly have served much less than the two months for which they were sentenced. Even so, be careful of the pitfuls of entering into relationships abroad where the laws may be different to those here.