![Pedestrians walk past Dubai's courts building during a hearing on April 04, 2010 in the case of a British couple sentenced to a month in jail after being convicted of kissing in public in a restaurant in the Muslim Gulf emirate. The couple's lawyer said the appeals court upheld the one-month prison sentence against the two, named by the British press as Ayman Najafi, 24, a British expat, and tourist Charlotte Lewis, 25. The couple were arrested in November 2009, after they were accused of consuming alcohol and kissing in a restaurant in the trendy Jumeirah Beach Residence neighbourhood. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo by AFP)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YQOKVQWV23ISRTSLZLYCOBTFEQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=316f6e166c77b0cbdb7adc4489113ec315097452c52af03ea8e519002dcdbb45&width=400&height=225)
Court hearings in Dubai have been halted as part of efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus. Courtesy: AFP
Court hearings in Dubai have been halted as part of efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus. Courtesy: AFP
Former Emirati soldier jailed for five years over fake death scam
The man's wife and father were also jailed following the trial in Dubai