Emirati crossdresser’s jail term slashed

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Dubai – An Emirati convicted of public indecency, cross dressing, insulting Islam and having homosexual consensual sex has had his jail sentence cut to one year from three, UAE daily the National reported on Wednesday.

The student, 22, identified as MN, was sentenced by Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance in March. He was arrested in July 2009 when travelling to Europe with his male partner, who has also been sentenced to a year in jail on a conviction for homosexuality.