Pregnant Housemaid to Get 150 Lashes for Adultery
Gulf
News, March 14, 2005
By Ras Al Khaimah
A maid was sentenced to 150 lashes yesterday for getting
pregnant out of wedlock. A Sharia Court official said the maid�s UAE
national sponsor filed a case with police accusing N.S.T of committing
adultery and being pregnant.
Her case was referred to the public prosecution
department and she was ordered to take a pregnancy test, which came back
positive.
She refused to reveal the name of the child�s father,
despite being interrogated by the police and the public prosecutor.
The public prosecution department referred her to the
emirate�s Sharia Court.
She refused to identify her lover again.
The court sentenced her to 150 lashes, to be administered
in two stages. She will then be deported.
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