News: American pilot jailed in Dubai for committing a lewd act in public

A pilot has been jailed for one month after he was caught exposing himself and committing a lewd act on the balcony of a luxurious hotel at Dubai Downtown.

The five-star hotel's security were said to have taken photos of the American pilot standing naked in the balcony of his hotel room and committing a lewd act.

Despite having entered a not guilty plea, the American defendant was jailed for one month after he was found guilty of committing a lewd act in public by the Dubai Misdemeanours Court.

A Nepalese security guard was on duty when he spotted the defendant.

Court records said the Nepalese guard immediately approached the hotel's security supervisor and informed him.

The head of security went to check the scene and when he saw the American man, he photographed the defendant committing the lewd act.

Records said when the hotel's security guard went to the man's room to ask him to stop, he did not answer the door.

The Nepalese witness testified to police interrogators that he heard a number of hotel guests and residents, who lived in residential units around the hotel, shouting when they saw the defendant on the balcony.

Sources close to the case told Gulf News: "Prosecutors produced the photos that exposed the accused standing in the balcony and committing the lewd act as materialistic evidence against the defendant."