DUBAI // A woman was spotted by police offering sex to passers-by in return for Dh50, Dubai Criminal Court was told.
On March 3 this year, officers from Naif police station arrested the Ugandan woman after observing her offering sexual services to men in the street.
Prosecutors said she gave a fake name to police but an eye scan revealed the woman was a 26-year-old who had been deported from the country but had illegally returned.
She confessed to prosecutors that she was an illegal immigrant and that she had been working as a prostitute.
In court on Thursday the woman only confessed to the prostitution charge.
A verdict is expected on July 14.
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