sex-on-beach offender's defense: I was naive

A British businessman jailed in Dubai after being convicted with a female companion for having sex on a beach said he had acted naively as he spoke publicly Monday for the first time since returning to the UK.

Vince Acors, 34, and Michelle Palmer, 36, were arrested on a Dubai beach in July and convicted to three-month jail terms in October on charges of public indecency and for having sex outside marriage. Their jail sentences were suspended on appeal and both returned to the UK last week.

Acors, a telecommunications executive, admitted to being drunk at the time of the incident after an afternoon of drinking but denied that sex between the couple had occurred and said that worldwide media interest in the case had given authorities no choice but to convict them.

"Sex in this country (the UK) is not the same as sex in Dubai," Acors told a news conference, adding that there was "physical contact but intercourse did not take place."

Acors said the Dubai authorities had confiscated his passport during deportation proceedings that took three months. He returned to Britain on Christmas Eve and is now looking to sell his story.

He said he and Palmer had since spoken only to discuss the case and don't have a relationship. She was not at the news conference.

Ok Mr. Acor, I have to ask this, because if I don't, It's just going to bug me every time I scroll past this article posting... you say (and I'll quote) "I was naive" "Sex in this country (the UK) is not the same as sex in Dubai," What do you mean by that? Do you mean that in the UK sex in public (in this case, on the beach) is "ok" and something common so you didn't think anything of it? Mr. Acor is a telecommunications executive, so by no means a dummy... not someone who wouldn't have an understanding of laws, customs, regulations or what have you...

Apparently, according to you, there was physical contact, but no sexual intercourse, you're sure of this, even though you were admittedly drunk? at best you'd be looking at public idecency and/or public lewdness charges (public intoxication as well maybe? I don't know, i'm no lawyer) .

Mr. Acor is also looking to sell his story? What sort of storyline would that carry? "lead character goes to a foreign country, parties with friends, gets drunk, fools around on a beach with his girlfriend, is arrested while intoxicated, comes back to his homeland, upset that he was arrested in the first place..

I don't see an Oscar winner with that one.....