Woman's Disbelief At Jail Term After 'Rape'

A Norwegian woman has expressed her disbelief at a 16-month jail sentence handed down to her in Dubai after she reported she had been raped.

Marte Dalelv, 24, told police she was attacked by her male colleague, but was herself charged with extra-marital sex, drinking alcohol and filing a false statement.

The Norwegian government has condemned the verdict and talks have taken place between Norway's foreign minister Espen Barth Eide and his counterpart in the United Arab Emirates, Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The alleged incident occurred on March 6 when Ms Dalelv, who works for an interior design firm in Qatar, was on a work trip with a group of colleagues in Dubai.

On the last day of the business trip she joined them for drinks, and later asked one of her male colleagues to escort her up to her hotel room.

Speaking to Reuters she described what she alleges happened next.

"(He was) trying to convince me to come in to his room and again I said 'no' and that's when he start pulling my bag trying to drag me to his room," she said.

Dubai is known as a tourist hotspot, but the city has strict laws

"So I just thought I need to calm the situation down, so I walked in with him and I sat down and wanted to drink my bottle of water; I thought I would finish this water and find my room by myself. That's the last thing I remember.

"And the following morning I woke up on my stomach, my clothes were off and I was being raped."

Following the alleged incident, Ms Dalelv immediately went down to the hotel reception and asked them to call the police.

A group of policemen arrived and took a statement from Ms Dalelv and the alleged rapist, before they were both taken to the Bur Dubai police station.

She was then held for four days in a Dubai prison until contact was made with the Norwegian consulate and her bail was arranged. However her passport is still being held by authorities.

"If I did not call the police he (her alleged attacker) will be still free but then I also wouldn't be in this situation," said Ms Dalelv who has been staying at the Norwegian Seaman's Centre in Dubai.

She now faces three charges; sex outside of marriage, illegal consumption alcohol and giving a false statement to the police. She is appealing against the sentence.

Her alleged attacker has also received a sentence of a year in prison. However Ms Dalelv did not know if he has appealed.

Ms Dalelv says she is disappointed with the way the judicial system in Dubai deal with rape cases.

"I am very surprised. We have DNA report, we have a medical report and we have a witness. It is also being clarified and it has been proved that he has been lying the whole time in court in front of the judge and still they did not believe me, that was very shocking," she said.

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