Flight attendant & cabin services supervisor jailed over sex texting

Dubai: Two Emirates Airline cabin crew have been jailed for three months for exchanging lewd text messages.
RS, 42, a flight attendant, and EB, 47, a cabin services supervisor, were convicted of “coercion to commit sin” after sending each other sexually themed SMS messages, according to court documents released yesterday.
The pair, both Indian, were sentenced to six months in prison and deportation by the Dubai Court of Misdemeanors in December.
The Appeals Court halved their jail sentences and scrapped the deportation orders.
The flight attendant’s sister, BM, 25, was also convicted of perjury and sentenced to three months and deportation by the lower court. Her deportation order was withdrawn on appeal.
The flight attendant had told police that her sister sent the messages to the supervisor, who also denied any relationship with RS.Prosecutors decided that was untrue.
The case first went to court after the flight attendant’s husband, SG, filed a lawsuit against his wife in March 2009 claiming that she was involved in an illicit relationship with the supervisor.The couple had been embroiled in a divorce battle since 2007.
During the divorce proceedings, SG requested that the courts order Etisalat to produce copies of his wife’s text messages, which, he said, proved the illicit relationship.
The telecoms provider turned them over to the court in October 2008.
17/03/10 Awad Mustafa/The National, UAE

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Categories: Foreign Mar 2010