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Filipino couple in Dubai denies sex out of wedlock

A Filipino couple convicted in Dubai for allegedly having sex out of wedlock seeks to overturn their conviction claiming they are married.

The couple was sentenced to three months in jail in April and currently faces deportation after the 28-year-old woman was diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy despite being unwed.

Eisa bin Haider, the couple’s lawyer, told the presiding judge Adnan Al Farra that the woman and her 27-year-old partner were married when the incident happened.

“This is a baseless and unfounded accusation. My clients did not have sex out of wedlock, on the contrary, they were married at the time when this happened,” Gulf News quoted bin Haider as saying.

The lawyer added the accused married in the Philippines and that they are currently notarizing their marriage contract.

The couple said they have known each other for eight years and they came from the same province in the Philippines.

Photo Credit: Arabian Business

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