Ayman Najafi, 24, and Charlotte Adams, 26, deny indecency charges, saying they pecked each other on the cheek as a greeting in the restaurant in the city's Jumeirah Beach Residence complex in November."

- Unlikely. But error made. Only option - to save their jobs - is to raise publicity to "encourage" leniency. After all, those morons in the beach incident got away with just a slap on the wrist.

"But even though they are appealing the jail term imposed by the courts, Mr Najafi said it was not out of disrespect for the city's laws or legal system."

- Sounds like BS but never know, maybe true.

"He said he knew that he could have admitted the crime and the case would now be over and done with, though he would also have been deported at the end of the sentence."

- Here lies the actual intent - to avoid deportation.

"The couple were arrested after a 38-year-old local woman reported their behaviour at Bob's Easy Diner on November 27 at 2am.
She said her daughter had witnessed the couple kissing each other on the mouth, and then she had seen the same thing.
"I also saw them touching each other, as they were seated two to three metres away from our table," her statement, read to the first hearing, said. "A number of customers witnessed the scene as well."

- Likely true. Is it normal in Dubai for families to be out at 2am in the morning? But anyway...

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