Five prostitutes jailed in Sharjah

A Sharjah court jailed a man, his wife, her two daughters and two other women for six months followed by deportation after finding them guilty of prostitution, Gulf News reported on Tuesday.

The Shariah Court of First Instance found the five Iraqi women guilty of having sex in return for money.

The court also sentenced their Ethiopian housemaid, identified as Emily, to three months in jail followed by deportation for not working with her original sponsor.
Police said the women and the man were arrested in the Al Taawun area. They were arrested after an Iraqi girl, Azra, was detained in Umm Al Quwain for committing adultery.

Azra told police that she entered the country with the help of Khedr and his wife Laila. She said they helped her to work in Umm Al Quwain as a prostitute.

According to court papers, the first accused in the case, Tamara, told police that she lived with her mother Laila and Khedr and that she used to have sex with men in return for money. The second accused, Fatima, also admitted to committing adultery.

The third accused, Ameera, told police that she had been living with them for 10 days only and that she was married. Ameera said she slept with men for money.

The fourth accused, Nagam, told police that she came to the UAE four months ago to work as a prostitute and that her husband is still in Iraq.

Laila said she has divorced Khedr, but he has been staying with her.

Laila will be sentenced to another month, in addition to the six months for prostitution, because she employed a housemaid who was not on her sponsorship.

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