Michelle Palmer finds out what happens in Dubai stays in Dubai – for perhaps six years!
A former flatmate of expat Michelle, who faces up to six years in jail for her romp with a stranger, said:
“When she got drunk she got a bit wild. And she got drunk quite a lot.
“She would be over-friendly, grabbing people inappropriately.
She would even grab hold of women’s boobs.
“She was always talking about sex and guys she had been with.
She was vulgar about it. I’m not shocked she had sex with a stranger but I’m surprised she was stupid enough to get caught.”
A colleague in the Arab emirate agreed:
“She should know better. She’s been out here three and a half years. She is out every week and is often drunk.
“I’ve seen her coming to work looking absolutely terrible where she’s been out in the week.”
Magazine executive Michelle, from Oakham, Lincs, was caught and cautioned by a cop as she romped with SMS text firm boss Vince Acors, 34, at Jumeirah beach.
She was arrested when the officer returned to find them still at it.
Michelle, 36, has been charged with sex outside marriage, indecent behaviour in public, being drunk in public and assaulting a police officer.
Officials have warned both her and divorced Vince, from Bromley, Kent, that they face between three months and six years in jail.
Michelle has also been sacked from her £28,000-a-year tax-free post at ITP Publishing.
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She was arrested after a cop said he saw her having sex on the sand in the Arab emirate.
The officer said she was sitting astride sozzled businessman Vince Acors, who lay on his back, and that she was moving up and down.
Michelle, 36, faces up to six years’ jail in Dubai as she awaits trial for public indecency, drunkenness and assaulting the arresting cop.
Divorced dad-of-one Acors, 34, from Bromley, Kent, faces a similar sentence.
And yesterday brunette Michelle was called in by the publishing firm where she had worked for three years in the Muslim state – and sacked on the spot.
Bosses at ITP Publishing said they had no option but to dismiss her for bringing their name into disrepute.
Michelle, who collapsed in tears, was said to be “close to despair” last night.
The expat had linked up with SMS text company boss Acors after getting drunk at a bar last Friday.
Pals said they began kissing and cuddling as they joined revellers on a crawl around local booze joints.
The Sun told yesterday how they ended up on Jumeirah Beach, where they were TWICE caught romping by a local police officer.
Cops say feisty Michelle blew her top after her arrest – allegedly abusing the cop and trying to assault him with one of her shoes.
Both she and Acors have been barred from leaving Dubai until police finish their investigation.
Acors, dubbed “Vince Charming” due to his success with women, had travelled to the Middle East on business.
He and Michelle told cops they could not remember if they had sex in the early hours of Saturday.
But police, facing pressure to curb the excesses of western visitors, pressed on with the inquiry.
Michelle and Acors, who has a son aged seven, must now wait for at least two weeks before local chiefs decide whether to pursue the case.
They face jail terms estimated at between three months and six years plus a fine and deportation.
A pal said yesterday:
“Michelle and Vince were both absolutely hammered when arrested – it’s hardly surprising they can’t remember a thing.
“No one would have turned a hair about that kind of behaviour in Magaluf, but they made a very grave misjudgment doing it in a Muslim country.
“They woke up in police cells with monster hangovers, facing six years in jail.
Vince is beside himself with worry – he never intended to offend anyone.
“And Michelle is absolutely devastated. One bonk on the beach has cost her her career, reputation and, most probably, her liberty.”
One of Acors’ pals said: “Vince is a top class bird-puller. A great character who laughs the ladies into bed.
“I have to say I wasn’t surprised to hear he’d been at it again –
but I feel terribly sorry for him now he’s in such terrible trouble.”
Another chum said: “He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, that’s all.”
Michelle was born in Oakham, Leics, where mum Margaret and dad Jim still live.
She set up home in Peterborough with ex-fiancé Max Paterson, 26, before they split and she moved to Dubai.
Yesterday her employers confirmed they had fired her as a manager. A spokesman said:
“Michelle Palmer is no longer an ITP employee.
“It is made clear to all employees when they join that certain standards of behaviour are expected.”
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I am from the U.A.E and I have noticed when British citizens come to my country they tend to think they can do whatever they want to.I have seen many British ppl abuse other people and act very indecent after they get drunk.Why only the British citizens???We have other nationalities living in our country but they are not arrogant and disgusting like these ppl when they get drunk.Is it because our govt provides a better salary compared to what they can earn in their own country???and in the end they misuse it and disrespect our religion and country.This is not acceptable!!!
ahmedz - July 11, 2008 at 8:57 am |
Yes, I absolutely agree.
Six years sentece will be a good lesson for both of them.
Umm Rashid - July 11, 2008 at 7:42 pm |