Court fines widower for drunken visit to police

A court in the UAE has fined a British widower who allegedly arrived drunk to sign police paperwork to release the body of his wife. She had died in a balcony fall on their honeymoon.

Police claim SNE, a former motorcycle racer, arrived intoxicated at a police station in late February to claim the body of his 27-year-old wife.

She died the previous week in an apparently accidental fall from a Dubai high-rise hotel during their honeymoon. SNE left Dubai last month.

The fine of nearly $500 for drinking alcohol without a license was imposed on Tuesday in absentia.

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